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Golden Dock

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

Version:
1.0.5730.22832

MD5:
27e91c3c6eb478e0392c3fd5ce3689e3

SHA-1:
c31217ed924c0e0719c95173fcf695dd4f447365

SHA-256:
a6c57ed3b1cf2951fddbbdb28671e700f775d882b818ee913704b9a93dcc2a7a

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:
4/18/2024 10:52:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.11

File size:
1.3 MB (1,376,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5730.22832

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\3929cb63-cbbd-4b9c-8b92-a50fbd04e656\plugins\8\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Dock

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/8/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Golden Dock, O=Golden Dock, 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:
0B58D134BC7841B7C3E6D5FE14474DDC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/9/2015 2:41:17 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x6B49D

Entry point:
E8, 1D, 8F, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, C0, E6, 53, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 7C, DF, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, C0, E6, 53, 00, FF, 15, 70, B2, 4C, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 0B, 57, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, AC, B2, 4C, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2A, DE, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, C0, E6, 53, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 8C, B1, 4C, 00, 53, E8, 13, 6F, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.5065

Code size:
807.5 KB (826,880 bytes)

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