Potentially unwanted program that changes the startpage of browsers to induce ad impressions.
rule win_startpage_auto { meta: author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com" date = "2026-05-04" version = "1" description = "Detects win.startpage." info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator" tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0" signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.startpage" malpedia_rule_date = "20260422" malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14" malpedia_version = "20260504" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" /* DISCLAIMER * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator. * The code and documentation is published here: * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given * number of families, only single samples are documented. * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer. * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels. */ strings: $sequence_0 = { 53 ff7338 99 2bc2 6a00 8bc8 8b45b8 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 53 | push ebx // ff7338 | push dword ptr [ebx + 0x38] // 99 | cdq // 2bc2 | sub eax, edx // 6a00 | push 0 // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // 8b45b8 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x48] $sequence_1 = { 8bf8 85ff 7409 8bcf e8???????? eb23 8b9dd0deffff } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 85ff | test edi, edi // 7409 | je 0xb // 8bcf | mov ecx, edi // e8???????? | // eb23 | jmp 0x25 // 8b9dd0deffff | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2130] $sequence_2 = { ff15???????? 8b4df0 894704 8b01 894708 eb03 } // n = 6, score = 200 // ff15???????? | // 8b4df0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x10] // 894704 | mov dword ptr [edi + 4], eax // 8b01 | mov eax, dword ptr [ecx] // 894708 | mov dword ptr [edi + 8], eax // eb03 | jmp 5 $sequence_3 = { 8b4b18 6a01 50 8b45ec 2bc1 2bc7 50 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b4b18 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x18] // 6a01 | push 1 // 50 | push eax // 8b45ec | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x14] // 2bc1 | sub eax, ecx // 2bc7 | sub eax, edi // 50 | push eax $sequence_4 = { 33c5 8945fc 8b4510 8d4de4 53 8b5d1c 56 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 33c5 | xor eax, ebp // 8945fc | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], eax // 8b4510 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 8d4de4 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x1c] // 53 | push ebx // 8b5d1c | mov ebx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x1c] // 56 | push esi $sequence_5 = { 8d85ecdfffff 8985e0deffff 7440 50 ff15???????? 8bc8 8b85e0deffff } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d85ecdfffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x2014] // 8985e0deffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x2120], eax // 7440 | je 0x42 // 50 | push eax // ff15???????? | // 8bc8 | mov ecx, eax // 8b85e0deffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2120] $sequence_6 = { 7202 8b06 66c704080a00 e9???????? 6a0a c645b000 ff75b0 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 7202 | jb 4 // 8b06 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi] // 66c704080a00 | mov word ptr [eax + ecx], 0xa // e9???????? | // 6a0a | push 0xa // c645b000 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x50], 0 // ff75b0 | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x50] $sequence_7 = { 8b4d08 50 e8???????? 8b4508 e8???????? c20c00 8d4104 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b4d08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8b4508 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // e8???????? | // c20c00 | ret 0xc // 8d4104 | lea eax, [ecx + 4] $sequence_8 = { 57 ff15???????? 85c0 7406 8b08 50 ff5108 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 57 | push edi // ff15???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7406 | je 8 // 8b08 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax] // 50 | push eax // ff5108 | call dword ptr [ecx + 8] $sequence_9 = { 8b4dd0 8bf4 8975c8 8d49f0 e8???????? 83c010 8d4dbc } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b4dd0 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x30] // 8bf4 | mov esi, esp // 8975c8 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x38], esi // 8d49f0 | lea ecx, [ecx - 0x10] // e8???????? | // 83c010 | add eax, 0x10 // 8d4dbc | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x44] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2277376 }
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