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Plain Savings

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plainsavingsuninstall.exe by Plain Savings has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Plain Savings by Plain Savings. This file is typically installed with the program Buzzdock by Alactro LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Plain Savings  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d910a8238e7060f177e95e99ed0216cb

SHA-1:
d258f014db1ba85b36be2e023d1932f7b8f67924

SHA-256:
56300ffcef0ab7b52c1aec9a7787a4ce95aedd8db128819fb3ba20979ca76435

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 1:59:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.6

File size:
242.3 KB (248,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plain savings\plainsavingsuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plain Savings

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/9/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Plain Savings, O=Plain Savings, L=San 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:
3278FBA8062F9F07CFB8AF40EED9D7B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 8:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Plain Savings

Display publisher:
Plain Savings

Display version:
2015.06.11.222654

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Plain Savings\PlainSavingsuninstall.exe


The file plainsavingsuninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
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