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utilwaterplant.exe

Water Plant

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilwaterplant.exe by Water Plant has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Water Plant  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5592.24931

MD5:
554b42c4813e89715d7b04a4852acc10

SHA-1:
d9617ddb916eb6d69773fde846a01bccc5f40606

SHA-256:
da247ca393403bc16f8345509c88b6f8a06f0710ee159f19b96e3ed3e81b529f

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:
1/12/2025 5:18:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.4.12

File size:
393.2 KB (402,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5592.24931

Original file name:
WaterPlant2015042421.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\water plant\bin\utilwaterplant.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Water Plant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/17/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Water Plant, O=Water Plant, 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:
284869797AEBB7A395B5C9D30D83B399

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2015 6:51:20 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x62052

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

Code size:
384.5 KB (393,728 bytes)

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