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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:
1.0.5756.28472

MD5:
b611ebfef40e7a80364dc8e17da41f15

SHA-1:
ff38826ac04a493fda06db2631328a780eb08b71

SHA-256:
d390e645bee0af0f4fa33179de6e8e9dbfd03601740f79bba784ba97f9de7c73

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 8:02:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.14

File size:
1.2 MB (1,247,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5756.28472

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Positive Finds

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/5/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/6/2015 12:59:59 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:
10/6/2015 12:49:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x9291D

Entry point:
E8, 9D, 86, 01, 00, E9, 39, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, 3C, F5, C0, F6, 51, 00, 00, 75, 13, 56, E8, 91, 00, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 11, E8, 3E, D5, FF, FF, 59, FF, 34, F5, C0, F6, 51, 00, FF, 15, 70, 22, 4F, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, E8, 5B, 50, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 0B, FF, 74, 24, 04, 50, FF, 15, AC, 22, 4F, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, EC, D3, FF, FF, 59, C3, 56, 57, BE, C0, F6, 51, 00, 8B, FE, 53, 8B, 1F, 85, DB, 74, 17, 83, 7F, 04, 01, 74, 11, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 21, 4F, 00, 53, E8, C3, 64, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.6762

Code size:
964 KB (987,136 bytes)

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