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clearthink.purbrowse.dll

SugarSearch

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

Version:
1.0.5598.18046

MD5:
865e167165e9c1faff8a60f7cc176dfd

SHA-1:
c198d4a04f8ed4a6b7e0e5f2b9523d8dfb6b4a3b

SHA-256:
aa0559b8bb8c18db4b099cdc60a0e2360dd5ac71b8e99dc871a372a84429a442

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:
11/27/2024 1:55:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.3

File size:
1 MB (1,067,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5598.18046

Original file name:
ClearThink.PurBrowse2015043018.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clearthink\bin\plugins\clearthink.purbrowse.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SugarSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/10/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SugarSearch, O=SugarSearch, 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:
157811536006AB535BF52112299859D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/30/2015 11:01:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1047CA

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, 01, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 18, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 58, 60...
 
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Entropy:
7.0095

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

Code size:
1 MB (1,058,816 bytes)

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