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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:
1.0.5730.28292

MD5:
9c241102b967ec686875c03dc5ebc93f

SHA-1:
237bb7f53f23f539022f45ce8c8a02e49fd1bd8d

SHA-256:
8c7a4ef9a0e5d35894d1c7e8e04859f5bab87fb817909b043bf342ba8fb59cc0

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 1:51:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.11

File size:
1 MB (1,053,408 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5730.28292

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\3929cb63-cbbd-4b9c-8b92-a50fbd04e656\plugins\7\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Dock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
9/9/2015 5:43:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x5FF7E

Entry point:
E8, B2, 8E, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 00, 9C, 4F, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 37, 4F, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E9, 8F, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.5807

Code size:
755 KB (773,120 bytes)

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