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Express Find

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plugincontainer.exe by Express Find has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Service Mgr ExpressFind”. 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:
Express Find  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5564.26280

MD5:
092ed63647e0f7cd9653af8cd956b7c0

SHA-1:
b23fcb6ebc91adc34d743add88d7d6075c7872af

SHA-256:
e3f57f95371a26acb500fce4e8775eff354531ce562d4525715fd0240b137028

Scanner detections:
26 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 5:24:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.566748
679

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15327

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.566748
1.0.20.430

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21587

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1735
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.566748
8.15.03.27.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AF potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11388

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
4/1/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-9bf36615
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
11.2015-27-03_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.566748
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plugincontainer.bak (Adware)
2015.7.2.14

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15418

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2260

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.566748
16.0.0.258

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Agent.dpnhia
0.30.8.659

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BX
15.03.27.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.04.01.12

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

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Yontoo
15.4.2.1

Sophos
Positive Finds
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
38892

File size:
570.7 KB (584,432 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5564.26280

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\77790361-426c-4fa2-8cf3-5994543d685d\plugincontainer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Express Find

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/6/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Express Find, O=Express Find, 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:
77B12701E8BEED7CAC979CAD84929826

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/27/2015 10:36:08 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DizURpVNZVyLAdeetlJ+tE5bLLx/3twrGaQ+TWqVsApgbhGGI:DbpPZgLAUet2E5/tPtwr91qqV7gbhGGI

Entry address:
0x28F53

Entry point:
E8, 53, 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, BE, 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, 67, 48, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 8F, 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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Code size:
434.5 KB (444,928 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr ExpressFind

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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