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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:
1.0.5403.14929

MD5:
eafc742abfe19262f9088d8a6c7a6837

SHA-1:
d764d9a2263d6547c5452c9ddb9b1cd16ace57b7

SHA-256:
17fad71067eac0f24498c6eecd6e145544ef08cb1ab3a645012f8439466aa498

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:05:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.15.21

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5403.14929

Original file name:
webget.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
webget

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/9/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
10/17/2014 6:17:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1925B2

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,640,448 bytes)

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