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brasssearch.browseradapter.exe

Brass Search

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application brasssearch.browseradapter.exe 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)

MD5:
dd40972569ad43a6b2af3886989930b5

SHA-1:
1389f889b5ed30da3b8b848126ab587eb8464349

SHA-256:
498e7679a33d8935d6531a1c8bf25ce1e23c55c64cfc011f5a05c52d9ea925e1

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:
11/27/2024 2:13:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.3

File size:
103.2 KB (105,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brass Search

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
4/11/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brass Search, 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:
14B70763F7359103960BFC81500A256C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2015 8:58:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4535

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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