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Dragon Branch

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

Version:
1.0.5890.38304

MD5:
775cb7e68dc269d26d806740a5d7a1ea

SHA-1:
d4dd3fb7eac3be258bc57d6599c56208b777b7d6

SHA-256:
3d1876d38aad3482b293efde2ac3d10fa1ac87c3dee55ee48df927c5c8dbcd02

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 10:25:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.23

File size:
909.8 KB (931,600 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5890.38304

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb\plugins\4\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dragon Branch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/12/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dragon Branch, O=Dragon Branch, L=Los Angeles, 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:
19F5D4497933566E59B41EAD8B41CB60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2016 10:46:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x461E21

Entry point:
E8, B1, 5C, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 10, 05, 00, 01, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, A4, D8, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, 10, 05, 00, 01, FF, 15, 40, 02, C0, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, D6, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, 7C, 02, C0, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 52, D7, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, 10, 05, 00, 01, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 58, 01, C0, 00, 53, E8, EA, 7E, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6216

Code size:
739.5 KB (757,248 bytes)

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