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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 24 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:
1.0.5568.33493

MD5:
1a9e990eeb899ee2c009543987753f4a

SHA-1:
d350536e3ec1466b2df1e62e4b6b5559cb6ecc06

SHA-256:
90f0edc72475ed17988d84b5dfeef73490d39cbacf08d0386e54818662c521c6

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:22:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
579

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.03.26

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
3.6.1.96

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3153

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1541

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
1.0.20.935

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1757
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
8.15.07.06.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AN potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
11.2015-06-07_2

G Data
Win32.Adware.StrongSignal
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of plugincontainer.bak (Adware)
2015.7.6.1

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15446

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
16.0.0.561

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dptxhx
0.30.10.952

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CJ
15.04.06.02

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Yontoo
15.4.2.1

Sophos
Generic PUA FJ
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0406
7.2.187

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39124

File size:
624.2 KB (639,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5568.33493

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 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/6/2016 2:59:59 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:
4/1/2015 4:36:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HrVPJUVi8JebAJsiBnBoHhz5/39i26/iVXP0XMy9lYXzsxD3D7RQxgzYsr:HUZJebAJsOn0J9tl6CXPla3AgzYsr

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 ExpressFind

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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