What is plugin.dll?
plugin.dll is part of DustApps and developed by MicroApps Ltd according to the plugin.dll version information.
plugin.dll's description is "DustApps Plugin"
plugin.dll is digitally signed by Lamphouse Media LLC.
plugin.dll is usually located in the 'C:\Windows\SysWow64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\DustApps\' folder.
None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about plugin.dll.
If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.
Vendor and version information [?]
The following is the available information on plugin.dll:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Product name | DustApps |
| Company name | MicroApps Ltd |
| File description | DustApps Plugin |
| Internal name | plugin.dll |
| Original filename | plugin.dll |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2014 MicroApps Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:
| Product name | DustApps |
| Company name | MicroApps Ltd |
| File description | DustApps Plugin |
| Internal name | plugin.dll |
| Original filename | plugin.dll |
| Legal copyright | Copyright (c) 2014 MicroApps Ltd. A.. |
| Product version | 1.0.0.0 |
| File version | 1.0.0.0 |
Digital signatures [?]
plugin.dll has a valid digital signature.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Signer name | Lamphouse Media LLC |
| Certificate issuer name | thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA |
| Certificate serial number | 0bece84802b3aba1c975429e21606c04 |
VirusTotal report
None of the 57 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the plugin.dll file.
Folder name variants
plugin.dll may also be located in other folders than C:\Windows\SysWow64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\DustApps\. The most common variants are listed below:
- c:\users\%USERNAME%\appdata\local\dustapps\
- C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\DustApps\
Hashes [?]
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| MD5 | 599aeed668695914922d8fd2b3acceec |
| SHA256 | 36b00975d2c3ea0e1afce4687702610cf91dc24926fbea073ef84a751b180483 |
What will you do with plugin.dll?
To help other users, please let us know what you will do with plugin.dll:
What did other users do?
The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with plugin.dll. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 8 users.
| Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Keep | 0 % | 0 | |
| Remove | 100 % | 8 |
NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with plugin.dll. Only 8 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.
Malware or legitimate?
If you feel that you need more information to determine if your should keep this file or remove it, please read this guide.
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Comments
Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.
I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.
Roger,
I don't know what Dustapps does but I cannot get rid of it, at least not yet. Malwarebytes identifies it as malware and quarantines a registry entry but it reappears in just a few minutes as an IE Helper(BHO). I have WinPatrol which will remove it from memory and allows me to chose to delete the "plugin.dll" file on reboot and identifies the directory it is in. But the reboot does not delete the file. So I rebooted in Safe mode used the Command Line to go to the specified directory(Under the directory "Dustapps". There were some .dll files but no "plugin.dll". So, I renamed all the .dll files as .sav and rebooted and the IE helper still came back. MY next move is to send this info provided here and more to a response from my inquiry to Malewarebytes which I have just received and was researching for info before I responded when I found your site.
So, one completely unacceptable thing that is happening is you cannot remove it. To me that is BAD(dishonest). I am sure there are more BAD(unaceptable) things going on. If you are interested, I'll keep you posted.
Lowe
# 13 Feb 2015, 1:34
Lowe Johnston writes