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plugincontainer.exe

browse pulse

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugincontainer.exe by browse pulse has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Service Mgr browsepulse”. 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:
browse pulse  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5571.37099

MD5:
3fb5a23c1225e2e803db1d7f84790153

SHA-1:
5edbc217eac529a307c450bfd3820aeabd04efaa

SHA-256:
e578eeaea3abc22775b99ff9173bf1cc5079657169579ac2610a7408337c2d3b

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/12/2024 2:16:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
6207384

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.04

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3150

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1544

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
1.0.20.470

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-700
0.98/21511

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1757
9.0.1.094

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AN potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plugincontainer.bak (Adware)
2015.7.8.10

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
16.0.0.282

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dptxhx
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
15.04.03.01

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.4.4.0

File size:
624.2 KB (639,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5571.37099

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\5b4b2b13-bc3c-4690-a9ac-2f28c7e74c15\plugincontainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
browse pulse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/5/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=browse pulse, O=browse pulse, 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:
57CD114A677C4F8533B1413CC2EF840F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2015 8:36:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6rssJUV+YeebAJsiBnBoHhz5/39i26diVXP0XMy9lYXzsxD3s7RQxglYswn:6WpeebAJsOn0J9tl6wXPlW3HglYswn

Entry address:
0x2C68A

Entry point:
E8, 0C, F8, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 8E, 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, 70, 37, 49, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 3F, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.5351

Code size:
476.5 KB (487,936 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr browsepulse

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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