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focusbase.plinx.dll

focusbase

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

Version:
1.0.5968.6519

MD5:
ca678b334952d9d69390e15524f690e6

SHA-1:
943fe4029b1d67f79d2eca6f11344936e0c7b97e

SHA-256:
3cd9a9b5e75207d3a5bc051d7e901a69b9c1cebe120649911e1a590a79314d84

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:
6/17/2025 7:14:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.8.9

File size:
691.2 KB (707,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5968.6519

Original file name:
2016050411.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
focusbase

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/23/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/22/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=focusbase, O=focusbase, 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:
4D86370C8A7B120E83853D816EE5538B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2016 7:37:26 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xACB0A

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:
6.5481

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

Code size:
683 KB (699,392 bytes)

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