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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:
1.0.5692.9734

MD5:
fb4c3655534896a812c34f9fc1d79215

SHA-1:
ed786136ba883dcd5ba8c4195b3d4cfce8d62816

SHA-256:
4cd4d217e38ecd701ebad9b50ad7296c8fd08e5f77f7162a0cfbfc28b1392000

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:
4/25/2024 12:12:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.DiscoveryApp (M)
15.8.2.16

File size:
1.2 MB (1,219,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5692.9734

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\ff8de6dd-320f-4157-95aa-b9e38361078a\plugins\8\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 8:24:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kMEhAPz9S9odhDlnqINSPqes7JaAvqNZ0RX3+6Xmtz0f:kMw6S94Vel5NZ0R+nl0f

Entry address:
0x6203D

Entry point:
E8, 7D, 8A, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 50, 95, 51, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 6D, DE, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, 50, 95, 51, 00, FF, 15, 24, 02, 4C, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 17, 58, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, 60, 02, 4C, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 1B, DD, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, 50, 95, 51, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 48, 01, 4C, 00, 53, E8, 33, 6F, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.5516

Code size:
763 KB (781,312 bytes)

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