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BrassSearch2014120909.exe

Brass Search

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file BrassSearch2014120909.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)

Version:
1.0.5456.2462

MD5:
1583b2e9835c176d502eeba4f881a119

SHA-1:
dfd46e1893aee0cd6580bdfdbc39625f9d5aed1f

SHA-256:
2933f54c13ba4a3e30ffb2c0919f26a03a0c92421e7fe9a630a482d9fb8a0db0

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 12:18:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.9

File size:
511.8 KB (524,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5456.2462

Original file name:
BrassSearch2014120909.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\tmpf83e.tmp

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:
12/9/2014 12:22:11 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F9F6

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, 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, 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...
 
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Entropy:
5.9087

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

Code size:
503 KB (515,072 bytes)

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