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Strong Signal

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugin.exe by Strong Signal has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
Strong Signal  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5536.20820

MD5:
53efd4fbd38e908344a64bd7c0feec60

SHA-1:
294c20c89a42a19823cd9729d99e49055b63c1a5

SHA-256:
249b25a90f95cbd908a99c93530001392f1b90d0624afe25f7e95c4154c52991

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 9:05:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.212.188

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3185

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15227

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AF potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11245

G Data
Win32.Adware.StrongSignal
15.2.25

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.2.27.20

File size:
1.1 MB (1,134,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5536.20820

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\0780f478-67ce-4ec3-98db-39a65f4618ce\plugins\2\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Strong Signal

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Strong Signal, O=Strong Signal, 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:
5047EE0477D4F273DFC93DB8A749B9E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2015 2:34:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZJnOs294TESNFfp3XsZcQmyAMeh2Qlg2j523El4zrup:vo94FNFfimyd/a523El43Q

Entry address:
0xA939B

Entry point:
E8, F0, 23, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 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, E0, F8, 50, 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, B0, 99, 50, 00, 01, 0F, 82, E4, 24, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.6978

Code size:
902.5 KB (924,160 bytes)

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