home

plugin.exe

Group Showcase

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

Version:
1.0.6282.33539

MD5:
db731e6ccc228f35a3f3be6be162806b

SHA-1:
d8cf69aef6092bedcb71fd0f27db256cdbb431d9

SHA-256:
89369d38e844adcd514e486ced8b7fc5d5ec175854ac663c729a19bb1d0ce31f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:01:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.Plugin (M)
17.3.15.5

File size:
2.1 MB (2,229,984 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6282.33539

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\074666a9-9c4a-46c0-9d2f-0ac2cbbb1ef3\plugins\2\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Group Showcase

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/1/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/2/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Group Showcase, O=Group Showcase, 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:
6A934E54617FF140E2CA4D1B09334CF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/15/2017 7:11:33 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x119D970

Entry point:
E8, B4, 24, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 88, 75, 40, 03, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 68, 07, 40, 03, 01, 0F, 82, AD, 25, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.6562

Code size:
1.9 MB (1,967,616 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-201-103-88.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.201.103.88:80)

Remove plugin.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.