plugin.exe

Web United

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugin.exe by Web United has been detected as adware by 17 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:
Web United  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5540.24966

MD5:
673898003828be73d596a91a370cea29

SHA-1:
cbbc7cb61cce1f88dfff7f1e3bbc186600458920

SHA-256:
a2ec0b6f22ce4fa759c17e3c251c30472627c2c805f1e52c023e24219fa69488

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:01:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
701

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Generic
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.213.118

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2016.0.3179

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1534

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
1.0.20.325

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
8.15.03.06.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AF potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
11.2015-06-03_6

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
15.3.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.200.15176

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
16.0.0.195

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BY
15.03.05.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.9.1

Sophos
PUA 'Positive Finds' (of type Adware)
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38050

File size:
464.7 KB (475,888 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5540.24966

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\application data\dbf593b3-8a1d-418e-aa4d-3a3ecb7e1709\plugins\3\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=Web United, O=Web United, 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:
067F6E1F1D47FD4673122535E58BAC13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/3/2015 4:52:23 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Bgz/JJ35y7wwvoETB7cVq+gn3jBhV2wEOD/xQM7xWU3:Bv7wwvo0Bok++3thVhntQgxWU3

Entry address:
0x2688E

Entry point:
E8, 0B, F5, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, FC, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 08, 33, CE, E8, 68, D0, FF, FF, 6A, 00, 56, FF, 76, 14, FF, 76, 0C, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 76, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, E5, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 20, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, FC, 8B, 45, 0C, 8B, 48, 08, 33, 4D, 0C, E8, 35, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 40, 04, 83, E0, 66, 74, 11, 8B, 45, 0C, C7, 40, 24, 01, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, EB, 6C, EB, 6A, 6A, 01, 8B, 45, 0C, FF, 70, 18, 8B, 45, 0C, FF, 70, 14, 8B, 45, 0C, FF, 70, 0C, 6A...
 
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Entropy:
6.5671

Code size:
354 KB (362,496 bytes)

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