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Web Amplified

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application webamplifieduninstall.exe by Web Amplified has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Web Amplified by Web Amplified.
Publisher:
Web Amplified  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c2d7d5ab102896f719acb9c43714e5cd

SHA-1:
a500d8a89e7bb7403838609b64ed9d7a08164ead

SHA-256:
84024e2665570961cdf832cfd4c47bc9dbf76e181affd6b3cde2f3c66b043e21

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 12:04:43 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.9

File size:
242.4 KB (248,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\web amplified\webamplifieduninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Amplified

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/14/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/15/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Web Amplified, O=Web Amplified, 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:
009AB47155C5D982D7250D516F667FE4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8648

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Web Amplified

Display publisher:
Web Amplified

Display version:
2015.09.26.015507

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Web Amplified\WebAmplifieduninstall.exe


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