wildwest.browseradapter.exe

Wild West

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

MD5:
cd751bafa056b99d566c242e66a75c36

SHA-1:
361627cdee638c1c751f744ae0c6d2d60f449a35

SHA-256:
231e5549c4b5008ed5b02b91d83cae641c5f6172e3c8f241b89625ed94fa55f8

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:
11/30/2024 8:34:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.8.8

File size:
103.2 KB (105,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\panda security\panda security protection\perdidos\wildwest.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/10/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/11/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wild West, O=Wild West, 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:
496B67C883386C82B7E6FF63CEFE1466

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2015 4:04:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4535

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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