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Positive Finds

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file plugincontainer.bak by Positive Finds has been detected as adware by 36 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:
Positive Finds  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5544.10041

MD5:
4cfef9ac90c1b4004970ceefa2bbb2e7

SHA-1:
206d1246cb43c2765630db7077995a9a6c1196b6

SHA-256:
01e8653ad55fb75e4886f252a0efea279beb3daa89bcd4cc4e3fe31990680c50

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 4:26:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
578

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.06.11

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-IV [PUP]
2014.9-150707

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.3056

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1577

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
1.0.20.940

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Graftor-815
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
22413

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1735
9.0.1.0188

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
8.15.07.07.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AF potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11769

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
7/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-a39e4f0b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
11.2015-07-07_3

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
15.7.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.204.16210

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.1774

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PositiveFinds.SID.A
v2015.07.07.03

McAfee
BrowseFox-FXT
5600.6712

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
16.0.0.564

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dpenmk
0.30.24.2086

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
15.06.11.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.07.07.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.37e
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus)
7.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.PositiveFinds (M)
15.7.7.3

Sophos
Positive Finds
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00CM15
7.2.188

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00CM15
10.465.07

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
41028

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.68136
2.0.0.2218

File size:
567.7 KB (581,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5544.10041

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\d2d4a9d3-f3f1-4c52-8d3f-dddc91fe0602\plugincontainer.bak

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/4/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/5/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Positive Finds, O=Positive Finds, 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:
36C47A2CBAB882A650F1E1B7D4BE3A45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2015 8:34:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2/wobJ2tvUankWWv4QFtuWf6EvcSPk/1wv/3zuD35yWHNDYmNS:2Hc+anPWvlog/vcSM/1wjw5yWHNDYmNS

Entry address:
0x28733

Entry point:
E8, 03, F8, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 9E, 48, 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, 70, 47, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 40, F9, 00, 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, 02...
 
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Entropy:
6.5480

Code size:
432 KB (442,368 bytes)

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