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PlumoWeb

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

Version:
1.0.5435.767

MD5:
029d6cd06c4f09cb5fbd991f94ad3d22

SHA-1:
b82343b004d9c2ff9fca9b69471f25843653a070

SHA-256:
2a24fd095ddaab238efe3c9d1de59ad5c6a61b475e593933485f902a53b8dc2f

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:
4/24/2024 12:55:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.23

File size:
120.7 KB (123,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5435.767

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\2e60058b-8e73-4ea6-8165-2710beb3c142\maintainer.bak

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PlumoWeb

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PlumoWeb, O=PlumoWeb, 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:
792D14E276E932D00A4F272C4ED5B70E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2014 3:25:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

Entry address:
0x8A72

Entry point:
E8, 95, 57, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 68, B2, 41, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 83, 7D, 08, FF, 57, 74, 09, FF, 75, 08, E8, 79, 45, 00, 00, 59, 83, A5, E0, FC, FF, FF, 00, 6A, 4C, 8D, 85, E4, FC, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 7A, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 85, E0, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, D8, FC, FF, FF, 8D, 85, 30, FD, FF, FF, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 85, DC, FC, FF, FF, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.1786

Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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