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WebSpades.exe

WebSpades

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file WebSpades.exe by WebSpades has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
WebSpades  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5395.16060

MD5:
deed72e8ddcbf0dcf74cf0bda0620df0

SHA-1:
cf3718b78532675d9d4ca8befd565c168ebbf8f1

SHA-256:
c2b0b27232fb633ad098d1b5e113e45071e673e0414c120ac87895b99cc8aba6

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:
11/23/2024 6:39:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.9

File size:
510.3 KB (522,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5395.16060

Original file name:
WebSpades.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webspades\bin\tmp845c.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebSpades

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WebSpades, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebSpades, 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:
67B477151E4851C39D3B7BD0A019E603

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2014 6:55:25 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F47A

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, 02, 00, 00, 00, 5C, 00, 00, 00, BC, F4, 07, 00, BC, D6, 07, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, DB, 10, 1F, 68, E9, BF, E1, 47, 9E, AB, F0, 9D, CE, 21, E5, 1A, 01, 00, 00, 00, 44, 3A, 5C, 55, 74, 69, 6C, 69, 74, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 6A, 33, 79, 33, 64, 6F, 31, 6B, 2E, 63, 30, 6A, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B, 74, 6F, 70, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B...
 
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Entropy:
5.9307

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

Code size:
501.5 KB (513,536 bytes)

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