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Positive Finds

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

Version:
1.0.5541.4629

MD5:
d1c781fd4a88a13ad2a4d42237e27638

SHA-1:
8cb31a32f83342d97b45a914b61905272ae4d06a

SHA-256:
5ede589d329c37a3072acdbfd76c3b0a1b6211bfac8f6ccc0132ed873516bacc

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:
4/23/2024 5:56:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.21

File size:
498.8 KB (510,736 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5541.4629

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\d2d4a9d3-f3f1-4c52-8d3f-dddc91fe0602\plugins\8bak\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Positive Finds, O=Positive Finds, L=San Diego, 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:
36C47A2CBAB882A650F1E1B7D4BE3A45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2015 4:04:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x28FFB

Entry point:
E8, 8C, 2F, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 7F, 0F, B6, 44, 24, 08, 0F, BA, 25, 50, 9D, 47, 00, 01, 73, 0D, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 8B, 7C, 24, 08, F3, AA, EB, 5D, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 68, 47, 47, 00, 01, 0F, 82, 80, 30, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1...
 
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Entropy:
6.5745

Code size:
380.5 KB (389,632 bytes)

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