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waterplant.browseradapter64.exe

Water Plant

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application waterplant.browseradapter64.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)

MD5:
dcb273ae6c7ff7cca88076688f6f21aa

SHA-1:
46da678e68732fe790b956e067d5ef677d72a298

SHA-256:
65de4e2f7398c0a4778c0403b82de4c021849d1d46e207e8cbdb59137ab423c8

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:
12/25/2024 1:03:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.27.4

File size:
121.2 KB (124,144 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\water plant\bin\waterplant.browseradapter64.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:
4/17/2015 3:02:14 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4FEC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, EB, 05, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 69, 60, 01, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 2D, 27, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 40, 48, 8B, D9, EB, 0F, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 6D, 28, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 13, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 95, 07, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 74, E7, 48, 83, C4, 40, 5B, C3, 8B, 05...
 
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Code size:
77 KB (78,848 bytes)

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