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grassmow.plinx.exe

Plinx

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

Product:
Plinx

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f953a17779bd52c5347b7d568681ac37

SHA-1:
71030732383286924d5c2f61e3f5e473cd68a83e

SHA-256:
0c9e633bf11a00ff95a843df5ae613a74fd77aebc36a4aa17c7762e591b370ef

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:
4/14/2025 1:55:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.18.17

File size:
64.2 KB (65,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015

Original file name:
201409221348.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\grassmow\bin\grassmow.plinx.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
grassmow

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/22/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/21/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=grassmow, O=grassmow, 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:
6097683DE3EA69DB932CBE8A09BDCA90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/15/2016 9:40:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xFD1E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
5.7950

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

Code size:
55.5 KB (56,832 bytes)

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