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webget.GCUpdate.dll

webget

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo webget branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module webget.GCUpdate.dll by webget has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
webget  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5405.29235

MD5:
7d037ccb53a3c90887b9661ed7c816f4

SHA-1:
c00b08ee6b3c06f524a933c3c496896bd26adbfa

SHA-256:
29ae392c3b36b878c76ad3e7e160cbf1283ab045ec702a93f97176c37634cf1e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 3:39:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.20.8

File size:
1.6 MB (1,647,848 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5405.29235

Original file name:
webget.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webget\bin\plugins\webget.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
webget

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/22/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=webget, O=webget, L=Santa Monica, 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:
21478236B3E6F5751970D9189D172CA4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/19/2014 7:14:35 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x19230E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.3240

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,639,424 bytes)

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