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Golden Dock

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

Version:
1.0.5757.8538

MD5:
522d7f70fb71fd1a8a97d54eb252f9c8

SHA-1:
1a9b42e049a48689503229502f3ee077a3b1537e

SHA-256:
6f877ae04075aec45bda36380fe56c8c19c6d68f2d4f12c7a812c542f8871b0e

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 10:27:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.GoldenDock (M)
15.10.6.14

File size:
1.2 MB (1,256,160 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5757.8538

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\3929cb63-cbbd-4b9c-8b92-a50fbd04e656\plugins\8\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Dock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/9/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Golden Dock, O=Golden Dock, 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:
0B58D134BC7841B7C3E6D5FE14474DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2015 7:44:52 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TCkGjr6E8ZhZS5j3wCty3OPCV9cMubdCHfK/ZZEk5Kw+ROoH:hDPS5jgCtyZ6X/ZZEk5KOo

Entry address:
0x9455D

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 86, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, C0, 16, 52, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 3C, D5, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, C0, 16, 52, 00, FF, 15, 70, 42, 4F, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 5E, 50, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, AC, 42, 4F, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, EA, D3, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, C0, 16, 52, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 41, 4F, 00, 53, E8, D3, 64, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6763

Code size:
972 KB (995,328 bytes)

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