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BrassSearch.IEUpdate.dll

Brass Search

This is the Internet Explorer add-on for the Yontoo Brass Search branded web browser plugin (injects banner, text-link and popup ads). The component is responisble for registering the Browser Helper Object into IE and keeping it registered. The module BrassSearch.IEUpdate.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:
1.0.5442.38829

MD5:
741efe946fa9e2b7455902b3de38ca23

SHA-1:
556d7ca1f28e16b70b5f1e8beba1e422453ec8bc

SHA-256:
a74d51f15d8c5968f3705e1a3d2c5f9b8c0172a196709e906a2854458b5f5921

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser add-on for Internet Explorer.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:49:23 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.1

File size:
655.3 KB (671,016 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5442.38829

Original file name:
BrassSearch.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\plugins\brasssearch.ieupdate.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:
11/26/2014 12:34:22 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xA3AA6

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, 70, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3A, 0A, 00, E8, 1C, 0A, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, C7, F9, D4, 42, 52, EB, 8D, 4C, A5, 7B, 38, 3D, FC, 15, 75, 2A, 01, 00, 00, 00, 44, 3A, 5C, 55, 74, 69, 6C, 69, 74, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 66, 6F, 65, 72, 6E, 79, 76, 6D, 2E, 66, 31, 7A, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B, 74, 6F, 70, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B...
 
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Entropy:
7.8257

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

Code size:
647 KB (662,528 bytes)

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