pinetreebho.dll

Pine Tree

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module pinetreebho.dll by Pine Tree has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Pine Tree 1.0.0.7’.
Publisher:
Pine Tree  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pine Tree

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
1fd18e881074d5746f7a8bd43124fd40

SHA-1:
5cd752565927fd606d3e30b28d7596e960345dc0

SHA-256:
7de773d1eed2310d6acb935f649af533348af073713c17fb0261e6461343926f

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:
12/25/2024 2:00:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.17

File size:
262.7 KB (269,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) Pine Tree. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pine tree\pinetreebho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Pine Tree, O=Pine Tree, L=Sna 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:
7474B1E151ED589FE9418816EE9BA66C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/4/2016 12:38:45 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, B8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 0C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.0707

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Pine Tree 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{198925f1-49b9-47f6-8a88-7c1fd063c99a}


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