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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:
1.0.5756.19463

MD5:
234ba4887019aec1f6aaba3f316b884d

SHA-1:
61e0761d19975c690e8d44bc52cbb17e8186c3aa

SHA-256:
4cfe7c27704b1810cbd52d06d83c95de07c98221b7c941a7c5685d9379729ba7

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:
12/22/2024 9:48:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.14

File size:
1.2 MB (1,245,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5756.19463

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 12:59:59 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:
10/5/2015 7:49:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x91E9D

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 86, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, C0, F6, 51, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 3E, D5, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, C0, F6, 51, 00, FF, 15, 70, 22, 4F, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 5B, 50, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, AC, 22, 4F, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, EC, D3, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, C0, F6, 51, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 21, 4F, 00, 53, E8, D3, 64, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6741

Code size:
961.5 KB (984,576 bytes)

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