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Deals Avenue

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

Version:
1.0.5659.1518

MD5:
042d9de53678a793250839c3e881c224

SHA-1:
bdc2fbc17a1f74c33e2a0124f6608a5a1a16b81f

SHA-256:
16e9e9db9bb98ff4472366eda6c122bd9887a1e7b480b9e62f49f963cd036664

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:
11/22/2024 5:05:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.12.6

File size:
600.3 KB (614,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5659.1518

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\580f482b-5e3e-424f-acb1-e70324fc9eea\plugins\3bak\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Deals Avenue

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/24/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Deals Avenue, O=Deals Avenue, 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:
648733A3F72E1C21B8C14F513D0F4F45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/30/2015 3:50:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x3AA45

Entry point:
E8, 5F, FD, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 8A, FE, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 74, FE, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 57, C6, 45, FF, 00, 8B, 7B, 08, 8D, 73, 10, 33, 3D, 90, C2, 48, 00, C7, 45, F4, 01, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 07, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4F, 04, 03, CE, 33, 0C, 30, E8, A0, CB, FF, FF, 8B, 47, 08, 8B, 4F, 0C, 03, CE, 33, 0C, 30, E8, 90, CB...
 
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Entropy:
6.5148

Code size:
441.5 KB (452,096 bytes)

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