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Dragon Branch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugin.exe by Dragon Branch has been detected as adware by 16 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:
Dragon Branch  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5624.8424

MD5:
b7b07e606267dc85562e70dbbe32ca68

SHA-1:
5abf532a8afbfff13c8249ac64e8811ee835ef23

SHA-256:
b0d2a7c2ca7c753e91320aa3772948bc50f68cdcfa7cbecbdc35a91c83e6c02f

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 5:55:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.05.28

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3096

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1809
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AT potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-cfd541ab
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.9.2.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16051

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DragonBranch.A
v2015.05.27.11

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dryrgl
0.30.24.1636

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.DragonBranch
15.5.27.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.h!1075357759
23.00.65.15525

Sophos
PUA 'Browse Fox'
5.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.59195
2.0.0.2192

File size:
626.3 KB (641,296 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5624.8424

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb\plugins\8bak\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dragon Branch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/12/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dragon Branch, O=Dragon Branch, L=Los Angeles, 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:
19F5D4497933566E59B41EAD8B41CB60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/26/2015 6:41:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:kUIQe5rID5j4WhXC/bNTs/SLoamev++0H2KAgMZ4z2WtFmDQM6:kt4jzX4hTrLnnmkgMZetQDQR

Entry address:
0x38A42

Entry point:
E8, D5, 2F, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 70, 7D, 49, 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, 68, 27, 49, 00, 01, 0F, 82, D0, 30, 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, E2, 03, C1, E9...
 
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Entropy:
6.6206

Code size:
459.5 KB (470,528 bytes)

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