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utillookinglink.exe

lookinglink

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utillookinglink.exe by lookinglink 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 lookinglink”.
Publisher:
lookinglink  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5371.8228

MD5:
3554e7e1f0b47f5d6685eddef4167790

SHA-1:
67e7868c9c5403cc82701f6d43e05432edfa6755

SHA-256:
9363ed9b972cfb151f8b69fdc4ce59f6a8fbaa7163ba418834d306eb10c67c8d

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:
12/23/2024 5:20:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.6.21

File size:
315.8 KB (323,360 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5371.8228

Original file name:
lookinglink.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\lookinglink\bin\utillookinglink.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
lookinglink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=lookinglink, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=lookinglink, 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:
3196DD72CC98341089CB73C9BA4B6429

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 8:34:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4EBB6

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, D4, 02, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.0895

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

Code size:
307 KB (314,368 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util lookinglink

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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