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ysearchservice.plinx.exe

Plinx

Alactro LLC

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

Product:
Plinx

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
18baa5509e16de7af66fcab052ab3030

SHA-1:
cd60a90c2f7aaf3fa4ca5db31c65a6972616cc1f

SHA-256:
43ee48bc440bff6f3c3c3aad09223056bdd6a702b46235ef4292513b44ff0fc8

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:
5/3/2024 5:03:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.11.14.6

File size:
64.3 KB (65,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015

Original file name:
201409221348.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ysearchservice\bin\ysearchservice.plinx.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alactro LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/24/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Alactro LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Alactro LLC, L=Grandville, S=Michigan, 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:
018D4FCE8B07C5BF93892F3E2AB578D5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/23/2016 7:44:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:3SgwJuY1kgV91aQejEqS6QID6I5qGwBJoPfQB:3HwJuxM1aQejEL6QQ6I5qGM+fW

Entry address:
0xFD2E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.7963

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

Code size:
55.5 KB (56,832 bytes)

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