home

plainsavingsbho.dll

Plain Savings

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module plainsavingsbho.dll by Plain Savings has been detected as adware by 33 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘Plain Savings 1.0.0.7’. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.plainsavingscenter.com.
Publisher:
Plain Savings  (signed and verified)

Product:
Plain Savings

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
a19c88aefa64b3ae752048a3d53ef439

SHA-1:
4b4ced242f5ad67fe37b490aafd11f221913ebd8

SHA-256:
256a4f9457b4fa33b1ea0c84464c2825e4653d32fb41b7cfb7fabcef23bec716

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/3/2024 4:38:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547
360

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.05.17

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
8.3.1.6

AVG
BrowseFox
2017.0.2838

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1629

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547
1.0.20.200

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-51126
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AKP
23072

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1806
9.0.1.040

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547
8.16.02.09.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted (variant)
10.11637

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
2/9/2016

F-Prot
W32/S-9c4b2ea6
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey
11.2016-09-02_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.204.15934

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PlainSavings.A
v2016.02.09.05

McAfee
Artemis!18A1D1CBE4DE
5600.6494

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547
17.0.0.120

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.24.1357

Panda Antivirus
PUP/PlainSavings
16.02.09.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.PlainSavings (M)
16.2.9.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B
23.00.65.16207

Sophos
Generic PUA DH
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EE715
7.2.40

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EE715
10.465.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40286

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.7572
2.0.0.2368

File size:
262.7 KB (269,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) Plain Savings. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plain savings\plainsavingsbho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Plain Savings

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/10/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Plain Savings, O=Plain Savings, 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:
3278FBA8062F9F07CFB8AF40EED9D7B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/26/2015 9:00:20 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:qgCm0/fEbUppVqU+kB3hh+48F63wY+oM9ZKTwKlxTcIZ:qgCm00GpVek3/d09Z6Xwi

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 6C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.0744

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
Plain Savings 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{dc85b379-fe3b-447d-bef1-faaaf8359aef}


The file plainsavingsbho.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.plainsavingscenter.com/bed?r=2015042619&bet=3

Remove plainsavingsbho.dll - 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.