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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:
1.0.5692.9739

MD5:
7a8fd76c5f8b599cdd9a348dc75a5ea9

SHA-1:
99f793c28b80e45ae0a07ea0bfdf905f03a6c0d3

SHA-256:
a1f66a49504f226b506842f7456644adc4bb9975c91654e4c1625d7cedd330cc

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:
4/27/2024 1:33:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.DiscoveryApp (M)
15.8.2.16

File size:
1.7 MB (1,754,384 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5692.9739

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\ff8de6dd-320f-4157-95aa-b9e38361078a\plugins\2\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 8:24:53 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fEuBnsPyFh2GGg2dQ9nGgMVY+34eli5zgdm8sJkItKL1P9kfKXx7Uk/Bbr3bqjOP:fUyFh2G5wVYCddJItW1VkfiNqjOBl

Entry address:
0xBFE75

Entry point:
E8, 59, 92, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, E0, B6, 59, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 5C, E9, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, E0, B6, 59, 00, FF, 15, 14, 01, 52, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 49, 30, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, 48, 03, 52, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 0A, E8, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, E0, B6, 59, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 20, 01, 52, 00, 53, E8, 64, 58, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6382

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,172,992 bytes)

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