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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. This file is typically installed with the program PlumoWeb by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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:
0f6fd08f7ba03ec87fb9ac86938be06e

SHA-1:
fc4ab04ae43958179513f10d43037bfa3f2bc0f2

SHA-256:
9bb87212e9e9a7ebcedc767109cde02929c058253ee99b04ae39c9668e8189ba

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:
4/18/2024 2:30:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
6473648

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen
2015.01.29

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.apq
7.11.205.178

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3215

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win64.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15128

Bitdefender
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
1.0.20.140

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.97
9.0.1.05190

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
15.1.25

McAfee
Artemis!0F6FD08F7BA0
5600.6871

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
16.0.0.84

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

nProtect
Dropped:Adware.SwiftBrowse.CQ
15.01.28.01

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.PlumoWeb
15.1.28.11

File size:
255.1 KB (261,248 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:
8/5/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 12:59:59 AM

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 10:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:CZ+11t8aU7u8y/1RWBT5frUtJOfwZm/G/HcO3p:f8nu8s1s15Qmfp/G/8e

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:
2015.01.27.232340

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


The file plumowebuninstall.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PlumoWeb  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
PlumoWeb (Sambreel) is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site.
plumoweb.net/support
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