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brasssearch.purbrowse64.exe

Brass Search

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application brasssearch.purbrowse64.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:
58ab4869a63d1fca23e2f9bef6f67b86

SHA-1:
e456a8c3340888efb5b1a7ee0ba5ddf7c49747c8

SHA-256:
d5ca9e97e87ea2b03d107315cb89e0e264af80694ada58b98e8ca5de09b3b149

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:
11/26/2024 10:45:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.10.6

File size:
345.3 KB (353,576 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\brasssearch.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brass Search

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2015 2:59:59 AM

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:
3/10/2015 12:12:48 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x25840

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 77, 94, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 4C, 8D, 0D, F5, AD, 02, 00, 33, C0, 49, 8B, D1, 44, 8D, 40, 08, 3B, 0A, 74, 2B, FF, C0, 49, 03, D0, 83, F8, 2D, 72, F2, 8D, 41, ED, 83, F8, 11, 77, 06, B8, 0D, 00, 00, 00, C3, 81, C1, 44, FF, FF, FF, B8, 16, 00, 00, 00, 83, F9, 0E, 41, 0F, 46, C0, C3, 48, 98, 41, 8B, 44, C1, 04, C3, CC, 48, 83, EC, 28, E8, DB, 5E, 00, 00, 48, 85, C0, 75, 09, 48, 8D, 05, 07, AF, 02, 00, EB, 04, 48, 83, C0, 10, 48, 83, C4, 28, C3, 48, 83, EC, 28...
 
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Code size:
233 KB (238,592 bytes)

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