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 = "2026-09-17" 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 = "20260916" malpedia_hash = "53a643781c18e08f4a50949af60172d837a0b6f6" malpedia_version = "20260917" 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 = { e9???????? bb09000280 eb19 bb05400080 eb12 8b4d8c 8b45a4 } // n = 7, score = 200 // e9???????? | // bb09000280 | mov ebx, 0x80020009 // eb19 | jmp 0x1b // bb05400080 | mov ebx, 0x80004005 // eb12 | jmp 0x14 // 8b4d8c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x74] // 8b45a4 | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x5c] $sequence_1 = { 7246 8b4dd8 40 32d2 0f8545010000 3d00100000 722a } // n = 7, score = 200 // 7246 | jb 0x48 // 8b4dd8 | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebp - 0x28] // 40 | inc eax // 32d2 | xor dl, dl // 0f8545010000 | jne 0x14b // 3d00100000 | cmp eax, 0x1000 // 722a | jb 0x2c $sequence_2 = { 33c0 e8???????? c21000 55 8bec 8b5510 53 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // e8???????? | // c21000 | ret 0x10 // 55 | push ebp // 8bec | mov ebp, esp // 8b5510 | mov edx, dword ptr [ebp + 0x10] // 53 | push ebx $sequence_3 = { ff5008 50 8d4e08 e8???????? 85c0 7504 33c9 } // n = 7, score = 200 // ff5008 | call dword ptr [eax + 8] // 50 | push eax // 8d4e08 | lea ecx, [esi + 8] // e8???????? | // 85c0 | test eax, eax // 7504 | jne 6 // 33c9 | xor ecx, ecx $sequence_4 = { e8???????? 59 e8???????? c20c00 6844020000 b8???????? } // n = 6, score = 200 // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // e8???????? | // c20c00 | ret 0xc // 6844020000 | push 0x244 // b8???????? | $sequence_5 = { 42 83fa04 75f2 33c0 83f924 0f44c8 } // n = 6, score = 200 // 42 | inc edx // 83fa04 | cmp edx, 4 // 75f2 | jne 0xfffffff4 // 33c0 | xor eax, eax // 83f924 | cmp ecx, 0x24 // 0f44c8 | cmove ecx, eax $sequence_6 = { 7406 8b06 56 ff5004 8b7d08 8bc6 6a02 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 7406 | je 8 // 8b06 | mov eax, dword ptr [esi] // 56 | push esi // ff5004 | call dword ptr [eax + 4] // 8b7d08 | mov edi, dword ptr [ebp + 8] // 8bc6 | mov eax, esi // 6a02 | push 2 $sequence_7 = { c745e000000000 c745e40f000000 c645d000 c745fc00000000 8d4dd0 f30f7e00 8b4008 } // n = 7, score = 200 // c745e000000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x20], 0 // c745e40f000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x1c], 0xf // c645d000 | mov byte ptr [ebp - 0x30], 0 // c745fc00000000 | mov dword ptr [ebp - 4], 0 // 8d4dd0 | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x30] // f30f7e00 | movq xmm0, qword ptr [eax] // 8b4008 | mov eax, dword ptr [eax + 8] $sequence_8 = { 8b85d8feffff 8bf8 83e710 89bde0feffff 0f84b7000000 8b4b2c 83e910 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8b85d8feffff | mov eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x128] // 8bf8 | mov edi, eax // 83e710 | and edi, 0x10 // 89bde0feffff | mov dword ptr [ebp - 0x120], edi // 0f84b7000000 | je 0xbd // 8b4b2c | mov ecx, dword ptr [ebx + 0x2c] // 83e910 | sub ecx, 0x10 $sequence_9 = { 8d8de0feffff e8???????? 59 c645fc0a 8d8ddcfeffff ff36 ff30 } // n = 7, score = 200 // 8d8de0feffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x120] // e8???????? | // 59 | pop ecx // c645fc0a | mov byte ptr [ebp - 4], 0xa // 8d8ddcfeffff | lea ecx, [ebp - 0x124] // ff36 | push dword ptr [esi] // ff30 | push dword ptr [eax] condition: 7 of them and filesize < 2277376 }
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