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Positive Finds

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

Version:
1.0.5651.33931

MD5:
ee7b02446745528514f2bb5036d2f1fd

SHA-1:
1a8b386d28687e8892c3cdb97660a5a1e2f88850

SHA-256:
2b2d75e90c7966c5b42410ee7fe5140c0dbac3ddab1e114950643d1f4d989b1e

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:
11/21/2024 5:35:21 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.5

File size:
763.3 KB (781,584 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5651.33931

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\d2d4a9d3-f3f1-4c52-8d3f-dddc91fe0602\plugins\5bak\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Positive Finds, O=Positive Finds, 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:
36C47A2CBAB882A650F1E1B7D4BE3A45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/23/2015 7:21:17 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x49126

Entry point:
E8, 05, 25, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, B0, 46, 4B, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 9B, E6, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, B0, 46, 4B, 00, FF, 15, 34, 12, 48, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, B0, 46, 4B, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 84, 10, 48, 00, 53, E8, 82, AB, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, D0, 47, 4B, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.4951

Code size:
510 KB (522,240 bytes)

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