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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 21 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:
1.0.5620.10211

MD5:
88827c7cf923e1172579225c6c5a94d4

SHA-1:
dc7d2b85cc28473ce002b56583c8ff5d93a0f49a

SHA-256:
f2feecdb7218f45f552a2b955e379ba18676ab54a6d02ff788445219507dfe64

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 3:54:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
5549295

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.05.23

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
8.3.1.6

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.DOG
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
1.0.20.710

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-906
0.98/20498

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1781
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-21b300c5
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
5.14.151

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
15.5.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16000

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AssistPoint.A
v2015.05.22.03

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
16.0.0.426

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.drcfxd
0.30.24.1636

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.CX
15.05.22.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.AssistPoint
15.5.22.10

Sophos
PUA 'Browse Fox'
5.14

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.71343
2.0.0.2187

File size:
543.3 KB (556,304 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5620.10211

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 1:00:00 AM

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

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:
5/22/2015 2:40:30 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ybEaNRedy8prQ3GhAGDix9udzcZbaSkkYoSZIA:epKd5RQW2GDqcd4Z2oSZIA

Entry address:
0x30372

Entry point:
E8, CE, F4, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, 30, E5, 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, 30, E5, 47, 00, FF, 15, 84, 31, 46, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, 30, E5, 47, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 78, 31, 46, 00, 53, E8, CC, A0, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, 50, E6, 47, 00, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Code size:
391 KB (400,384 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Service Mgr AssistPoint

Type:
Win32OwnProcess

Depends on:
RPCSS


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