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wbdesktop.updater.1.0.0.16.exe

Web Cake

This file is part of the Web Cake web browser extension, an adware plugin for various web browsers designed to deliver context based advertising injected directly in the web pages a user is viewing as well opens advertisements that appear independently outside the context of the program, website, or other source the advertisements are promoting. The application wbdesktop.updater.1.0.0.16.exe by Web Cake 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 “WebCake Desktop Updater”. It is part of the Yontoo branded browser-extension.
Publisher:
cake bake  (signed by Web Cake)

Description:
Desktop.Updater

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
8347e82f747fc1b947221eb21b20037a

SHA-1:
b70a7a86861597b357fe34d7abfa9874ce1e5856

SHA-256:
5c8b9fe6e30a5bbacd1355c77bd7dde2409829672e1c5d3a84d9e87151758c13

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 5:16:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Service
17.2.28.13

File size:
1.1 MB (1,170,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

Original file name:
Desktop.Updater.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\betcat\wbdesktop.updater.1.0.0.16.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Cake

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/8/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/9/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Cake, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Web Cake, L=Carlsbad, 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:
06B9035EE5A556582D9427CC2C8DD0BC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2013 12:42:07 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xC682

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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
42 KB (43,008 bytes)

Service
Display name:
WebCake Desktop Updater

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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