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Positive Finds

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file plugincontainer.bak 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:
1.0.5715.8402

MD5:
155cdbed199f44d4265e1c7f1ed87a06

SHA-1:
43ebeb1e04b3cb4e15bdf0e25788807e29d810e5

SHA-256:
a96a376907c1a3a3e85888bdedc327c1f77bd367d8aca76cdaa1b2bb7ab8a4fc

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:
4/26/2024 8:51:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.12

File size:
1.1 MB (1,202,960 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5715.8402

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 5:29:59 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:
8/25/2015 5:10:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x5E714

Entry point:
E8, EF, 79, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 34, F0, 4B, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 7D, 08, 85, F6, 74, 13, F6, 06, 10, 74, 0E, 8B, 0F, 83, E9, 04, 51, 8B, 01, 8B, 70, 18, FF, 50, 20, 89, 7D, F8, 89, 75, FC, 85, F6, 74, 0C, F6, 06, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 24, B1, 4B, 00, 5F, 5E, 8B, E5, 5D, C2, 08, 00, 8B, 4D, F4, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51...
 
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Entropy:
6.5063

Code size:
740.5 KB (758,272 bytes)

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