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Discovery App

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

Version:
1.0.5692.7879

MD5:
6af050ce76a65fe317a3d21e926e461b

SHA-1:
00ed913e9af364c7e89bdde62957f847f2ec7a0f

SHA-256:
015d4ed1c94947e4859fee30217408d660338c1e35258354219d58f6f8fb2d9a

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 11:36:00 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.DiscoveryApp (M)
15.8.2.16

File size:
1.1 MB (1,169,168 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5692.7879

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\ff8de6dd-320f-4157-95aa-b9e38361078a\plugins\3\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Discovery App

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/24/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Discovery App, O=Discovery App, 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:
510E3F5ACE52C22C76DC87DB7D1FCCE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2015 7:23:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FyUvh4VaYLK2LSe2jH/lgS/rJyHNxWhuuYReX7VH:F3hwK2L90MtxWhuRReX7VH

Entry address:
0x8404F

Entry point:
E8, A4, 9B, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, CA, 9C, 01, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, B4, 9C, 01, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 57, 8B, 7D, 0C, 8B, 06, 83, F8, FE, 74, 0D, 8B, 4E, 04, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, E8, 4F, BE, FF, FF, 8B, 46, 08, 8B, 4E, 0C, 03, CF, 33, 0C, 38, 5F, 5E, 5D, E9, 3C, BE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.5029

Code size:
896 KB (917,504 bytes)

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