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constasurf.plinx.exe

Plinx

ConstaSurf

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

Product:
Plinx

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
9a7c115bf7c3c30df8a8d727b5c4f154

SHA-1:
cece8bafc407a713914ffec565782b642f4a9fba

SHA-256:
5e5ed46d7d672ecf02171fa960bde9ecc62eb3e7e09acf950bd74122807a29cc

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:
4/29/2024 9:12:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.0

File size:
64.7 KB (66,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015

Original file name:
201409221348.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\constasurf\bin\constasurf.plinx.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ConstaSurf

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/15/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/14/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ConstaSurf, O=ConstaSurf, L=Santa Monica, 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:
284E019C78604C0DEBC01C1E082C455D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2016 6:28:18 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xFE5E

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
56 KB (57,344 bytes)

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