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plumowebuninstall.exe

PlumoWeb

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application plumowebuninstall.exe by PlumoWeb has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program PlumoWeb by PlumoWeb. 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:
PlumoWeb  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9837dd26ac1289cdeb4e4345cf2c4d69

SHA-1:
6361ed12015f906b86f11f114673d473ae5d4f8c

SHA-256:
ee56fd7567074808f1c111f6dcaa61a484202967157e94c2826d16cb045429a3

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is the installer/uninstaller for the Yontoo branded (plumoweb) adware program. The main protgram is desigend to deliver advertisements to the user's web browser through injection.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:25:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
6561816

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.02.28

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.apq
7.11.212.236

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3185

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15227

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
1.0.20.290

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.97
9.0.1.058

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win64/BrowseFox.BM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
5.13.68

G Data
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
15.2.25

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
16.0.0.174

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.BrowseFox.dnxihk
0.30.0.296

Norman
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
15.02.27.01

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.PlumoWeb
15.2.27.22

File size:
254.6 KB (260,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\plumoweb\plumowebuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PlumoWeb

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PlumoWeb, O=PlumoWeb, L=Santa Monica, 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:
792D14E276E932D00A4F272C4ED5B70E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XZ+11tpy/1RWBT5XoTUM9kru28hqwZm/G/HcO3h:Ips1s15YTUtF8hqp/G/8K

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8738

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
PlumoWeb

Display publisher:
PlumoWeb

Display version:
2015.01.20.232341

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\PlumoWeb\PlumoWebuninstall.exe


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