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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.
Publisher:
PursuePoint  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5503.13304

MD5:
105a216263ed73556761719d64accf15

SHA-1:
f13a0aaed61a674c292d8c63daf0ade12ade01a8

SHA-256:
e1ace92e8cac309ec1c0c4a2999279e096d60fc7b00f33532018ff42f37ebf00

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 12:01:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.27.12

File size:
660.7 KB (676,592 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5503.13304

Original file name:
PursuePoint2015012515.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:
11/3/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PursuePoint, 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:
1B416158C22AFC9AD4B3FD583E617310

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/25/2015 10:23:35 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xA4FA6

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0193

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

Code size:
652 KB (667,648 bytes)

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