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webconnect.plinx.dll

Web Layers

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module webconnect.plinx.dll by Web Layers has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Web Layers  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.6074.42268

MD5:
6f29663e08c3c08c0de0af1262233f76

SHA-1:
a19b5c2e71b62d6a752cccbe0c159bbed46118e0

SHA-256:
712a7c3759748554c02109e02318fc2b6c0a6de83343211eace4cd41c7ff1ffa

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/30/2024 8:30:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.11.23

File size:
732.4 KB (749,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.6074.42268

Original file name:
2016081907.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\webconnect\bin\plugins\webconnect.plinx.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Web Layers

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/4/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/3/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Web Layers, O=Web Layers, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
2B5CEE8A350D1CE33516994DA29EC29D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/19/2016 10:29:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB70CA

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
724.5 KB (741,888 bytes)

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