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Assist Point

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugincontainer.exe by Assist Point has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Service Mgr AssistPoint”. 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:
Assist Point  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5588.35349

MD5:
7623f94eb86bc6074de720c58edecd9b

SHA-1:
a9ceeb4a90ed891a5a58b7eb239df53c6b2ce83a

SHA-256:
58ca239a1127917418efd685f3b973eef05fd74439ec1c17db5b962ab278dc22

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:54:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.04.21

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3133

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1781
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plugincontainer.upd (Adware)
2015.7.22.12

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15654

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dqsmub
0.30.20.1219

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.AssistPoint
15.4.21.1

File size:
520.3 KB (532,752 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5588.35349

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\c716fd70-872c-4aaa-a07f-e248365d7f56\plugincontainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Assist Point

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/5/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Assist Point, O=Assist Point, 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:
58FC58A52C291B337067DC6AA50B8FB3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/21/2015 3:38:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:4rrDIgIDQyUefuha5kSXBP7xMA//yP3M4cQUv2SX/6j:4rrDY8yUfhsBTxh3+3IQUeSX/6

Entry address:
0x2F342

Entry point:
E8, 12, E2, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 20, 95, 47, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 08, 4C, 00, 00, 59, FF, 34, F5, 20, 95, 47, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 11, 46, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 20, 95, 47, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 70, 11, 46, 00, 53, E8, 02, A4, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 40, 96, 47, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.5556

Code size:
384 KB (393,216 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr AssistPoint

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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