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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:
1.0.6033.23445

MD5:
adef6cfe07a785972fc3c52a5a242de8

SHA-1:
dc047f54aafb1d7a04266da4efdaada7631f42ae

SHA-256:
c60341b25389bddacf18b1cf2fb071710caaf7ce23fe50f553899310a6892505

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 3:27:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.7

File size:
570.2 KB (583,904 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6033.23445

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\421f63af-3585-4410-b9ef-1ec5abd70f34\plugins\7\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
View Scholar

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/15/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/15/2017 6:59:59 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 3:01:43 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x43EB26

Entry point:
E8, F9, F1, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 61, 00, 01, 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, 70, 07, 00, 01, 01, 0F, 82, 38, F3, 00, 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, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3...
 
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Entropy:
6.5728

Code size:
457 KB (467,968 bytes)

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