brasssearch.browseradapter64.exe

Brass Search

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application brasssearch.browseradapter64.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:
fa3e618609f453e1327126a26a263e2c

SHA-1:
06a7e40e77dba92040ccab4746220dbecdd0fef0

SHA-256:
df5561d446718983d2236e5424c5dcc2ce4701fd0a9e839deff5475f74267193

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:
12/24/2024 12:30:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.3

File size:
120.2 KB (123,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\brasssearch.browseradapter64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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 8:58:18 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4CBC

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 52, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, E9, EB, 05, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 99, 53, 01, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, 2D, 27, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 40, 48, 8B, D9, EB, 0F, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 6D, 28, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 13, 48, 8B, CB, E8, 95, 07, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 74, E7, 48, 83, C4, 40, 5B, C3, 8B, 05...
 
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Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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