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bringstar.browseradapter.exe

BringStar

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application bringstar.browseradapter.exe by BringStar has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BringStar  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7bfeffd9263079ec8054178d5d187317

SHA-1:
1a2a6e88fe150b9c800520d49cc1d16af0a0858d

SHA-256:
eb24572646f0501916d1b478ea7eecef258e592786f2431d1dfc270be2d50601

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:
11/5/2024 3:36:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.28.5

File size:
103.2 KB (105,712 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\bringstar\bin\bringstar.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BringStar

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/23/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/22/2016 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BringStar, O=BringStar, L=San Diego, 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:
66E0550F19C158AF6136E70A1C576091

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/14/2015 8:32:45 PM

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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Entropy:
6.3887

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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