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View Scholar

The application plugin.exe by View Scholar has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
View Scholar  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6033.23400

MD5:
c7ab6e98456ab8e3ea64efff4a8aa905

SHA-1:
61d3d0f74d0a7dd7285d1908447a50e51e4d199f

SHA-256:
e9eb97e3933c94a0b115f4e2720c7db5e2415a17902c32ea034c13fa02d2ad6b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 3:44:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.5

File size:
1.6 MB (1,674,976 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6033.23400

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\421f63af-3585-4410-b9ef-1ec5abd70f34\plugins\8\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
View Scholar

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/15/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=View Scholar, O=View Scholar, 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:
620E64B7062FAC3A2D97D813E0C8B852

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2016 5:00:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

Entry address:
0xEB6AD

Entry point:
E8, 6C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 4E, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, 1C, 04, 58, 00, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 3A, FD, FF, FF, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 24, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 53, 56, 8B, 44, 24, 18, 0B, C0, 75, 18, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 33, D2, F7, F1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, F7, F1, 8B, D3, EB, 41, 8B, C8, 8B, 5C, 24, 14, 8B, 54, 24, 10, 8B, 44, 24, 0C, D1, E9, D1, DB, D1, EA, D1, D8, 0B, C9, 75, F4, F7...
 
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Code size:
1.3 MB (1,396,736 bytes)

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