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 = "2026-01-05" 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 = "20260105" malpedia_hash = "19b79e7cab4eaf532122e5b45a77dd8f6bb5cc79" malpedia_version = "20251219" 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 = { 6801000080 ff15???????? 8b4dd8 8bf0 83c1f0 e8???????? 85f6 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 6801000080 | push 0x80000001 // ff15???????? | // 8b4dd8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 8bf0 | mov esi, eax // 83c1f0 | add ecx, -0x10 // e8???????? | // 85f6 | test esi, esi $sequence_1 = { 8b4f18 84040a eb57 8b471c 85c0 741b 8b4808 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b4f18 | mov ecx, dword ptr [edi + 0x18] // 84040a | test byte ptr [edx + ecx], al // eb57 | jmp 0x59 // 8b471c | mov eax, dword ptr [edi + 0x1c] // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 741b | je 0x1d // 8b4808 | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + 8] $sequence_2 = { 663bc3 75f6 2b8de4deffff d1f9 41 8d344e 8d144a } // n = 7, score = 200 // 663bc3 | cmp ax, bx // 75f6 | jne 0xfffffff8 // 2b8de4deffff | sub ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x211c] // d1f9 | sar ecx, 1 // 41 | inc ecx // 8d344e | lea esi, [esi + ecx*2] // 8d144a | lea edx, [edx + ecx*2] $sequence_3 = { 1bc0 2516020780 e9???????? 56 8b36 e8???????? 59 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 1bc0 | sbb eax, eax // 2516020780 | and eax, 0x80070216 // e9???????? | // 56 | push esi // 8b36 | mov esi, dword ptr [esi] // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_4 = { 50 8d4e0c e8???????? 33c0 894610 894614 894618 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 50 | push eax // 8d4e0c | lea ecx, [esi + 0xc] // e8???????? | // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 894610 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x10], eax // 894614 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x14], eax // 894618 | mov dword ptr [esi + 0x18], eax $sequence_5 = { 8d7010 89b5e0feffff 8d85e0feffff c645fc0d 50 8d4b1c e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d7010 | lea esi, [eax + 0x10] // 89b5e0feffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x120], esi // 8d85e0feffff | lea eax, [ebp - 0x120] // c645fc0d | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 0xd // 50 | push eax // 8d4b1c | lea ecx, [ebx + 0x1c] // e8???????? | $sequence_6 = { 85c0 51 0f45d8 c645fc05 53 8d4db8 e8???????? } // n = 7, score = 200 // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 51 | push ecx // 0f45d8 | cmovne ebx, eax // c645fc05 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 5 // 53 | push ebx // 8d4db8 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x48] // e8???????? | $sequence_7 = { ff15???????? 6a01 ff758c ff15???????? 8b4588 6a15 8b484c } // n = 7, score = 200 // ff15???????? | // 6a01 | push 1 // ff758c | push dword ptr [ebp - 0x74] // ff15???????? | // 8b4588 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x78] // 6a15 | push 0x15 // 8b484c | mov ecx, dword ptr [eax + 0x4c] $sequence_8 = { 7417 56 8b30 50 e8???????? 8bc6 59 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 7417 | je 0x19 // 56 | push esi // 8b30 | mov esi, dword ptr [eax] // 50 | push eax // e8???????? | // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 59 | pop ecx $sequence_9 = { 5b 8be5 5d c3 ff15???????? 0fb7c8 81c900000780 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 5b | pop ebx // 8be5 | mov esp, ebp // 5d | pop ebp // c3 | ret // ff15???????? | // 0fb7c8 | movzx ecx, ax // 81c900000780 | or ecx, 0x80070000 condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2277376 }
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