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BrassSearch.BrowserAdapter.dll

Brass Search

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

Version:
1.0.5442.35035

MD5:
a5d57d7101bcb13057e3751c88497d8e

SHA-1:
347871eb0cb9c5a0139d20a1f21afdfccc31f35a

SHA-256:
eea40151a935f6514f1c1a4ebb47ecbd2dca35a6ad00f7dff120b169c75e32ab

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:
11/23/2024 6:20:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.1

File size:
1 MB (1,087,272 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5442.35035

Original file name:
BrassSearch.BrowserAdapter.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\plugins\brasssearch.browseradapter.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brass Search

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Brass Search, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Brass Search, L=Santa Monica, 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:
79A7A4116AA48D85E401C00C69AD38D7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/25/2014 10:28:04 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x10952E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 7C, 00, 00, 00, 70, 95, 10, 00, 70, 77, 10, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, 52, AF, D2, 65, 10, 77, 44, 45, B9, 38, 9A, 0D, DE, C4, B9, E6, 01, 00, 00, 00, 44, 3A, 5C, 55, 74, 69, 6C, 69, 74, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 76, 6B, 61, 6F, 32, 68, 30, 6F, 2E, 70, 31, 30, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B, 74, 6F, 70, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B...
 
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Entropy:
7.7942

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1 MB (1,078,784 bytes)

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