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utilpursuepoint.exe

PursuePoint

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

Version:
1.0.5238.28349

MD5:
b2cd504fc298f1a630c5c98656d759d4

SHA-1:
474a7e9a57b685614c63056cf4ac4f5f6bdb11a1

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:
11/23/2024 9:37:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.13

File size:
309.3 KB (316,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5238.28349

Original file name:
PursuePoint.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pursuepoint\bin\utilpursuepoint.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PursuePoint

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PursuePoint, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PursuePoint, 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:
65588529ED634E296695EE3328858CB2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/5/2014 9:45:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x4D122

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.0823

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

Code size:
300.5 KB (307,712 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util PursuePoint

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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