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utilhypenet.exe

HypeNet

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilhypenet.exe by HypeNet has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Util HypeNet”.
Publisher:
HypeNet  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5513.22329

MD5:
88f1c90ab58751063c2d5b74891c3f6a

SHA-1:
4be63a97295f0d4f46815f00fece35e04e394392

SHA-256:
e91d9eefc5e6e707eea087c9c2888c606163c98f44898fe1e81dbb3a8880405b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 5:00:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.20

File size:
349.2 KB (357,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5513.22329

Original file name:
HypeNet2015020420.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\hypenet\bin\utilhypenet.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
HypeNet

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/22/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/21/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=HypeNet, O=HypeNet, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1B6BF49B47392D155AD1DF6768758938

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2015 7:24:38 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x57056

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.2493

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
340.5 KB (348,672 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util HypeNet

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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