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Dragon Branch

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

Version:
1.0.5890.18680

MD5:
2d34ec773d0462e0401ac0f970f3ebf7

SHA-1:
e8c607f5b0f2868476b7abf04e0187c5c14cebb7

SHA-256:
8603fcb8df9301021d969f7c06ac30838f1b2f63b54de7425113e7160ae464dc

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:
4/25/2024 4:18:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.23

File size:
698.8 KB (715,536 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5890.18680

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\b56dff5a-df23-4e43-acde-a4f08b8dcffb\plugins\6\plugin.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dragon Branch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/12/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dragon Branch, O=Dragon Branch, L=Los Angeles, 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:
19F5D4497933566E59B41EAD8B41CB60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/16/2016 11:52:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x1057DF5

Entry point:
E8, A6, 0A, 01, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, A0, 06, 40, 03, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 71, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 3B, DD, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, A0, 06, 40, 03, FF, 15, 50, 02, 40, 02, 5E, 5D, C3, 56, 57, BE, A0, 06, 40, 03, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 40, 01, 40, 02, 53, E8, 43, 9F, FF, FF, 83, 27, 00, 59, 83, C7, 08, 81, FF, C0, 07, 40, 03, 7C, D8, 5B, 83, 3E, 00, 74, 0E, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 75, 08, FF, 36, FF, 15...
 
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Entropy:
6.6568

Code size:
563.5 KB (577,024 bytes)

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