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clearthink.purbrowse64.exe

ClearThink

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application clearthink.purbrowse64.exe by ClearThink has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
ClearThink  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cca30de4bc4ce122e8b3bd880ca32914

SHA-1:
d2ee778c97db0ecfff95e1fde6ee68ee240f4227

SHA-256:
02899bf0b91c493bfa3ad76f4d1d32c9cf394e4c160e7ad9df6a1d1dbe39b65e

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:
11/23/2024 6:49:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.15

File size:
280.2 KB (286,960 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clearthink\bin\clearthink.purbrowse64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClearThink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ClearThink, O=ClearThink, 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:
1200063ED04B1DA36F7FE204B3DD8617

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 10:43:01 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x201A0

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 53, 77, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 76, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 48, 89, 5C, 24, 10, 48, 89, 7C, 24, 18, 55, 48, 8B, EC, 48, 83, EC, 60, 48, 8B, FA, 48, 8B, D9, 48, 8D, 4D, C0, 48, 8D, 15, E9, 04, 01, 00, 41, B8, 40, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8E, E4, FF, FF, 48, 8D, 55, 10, 48, 8B, CF, 48, 89, 5D, E8, 48, 89, 7D, F0, E8, 0E, 99, 00, 00, 4C, 8B, D8, 48, 89, 45, 10, 48, 89, 45, F8, 48, 85, FF, 74, 1B, F6, 07, 08, B9, 00, 40, 99, 01, 74, 05, 89, 4D, E0, EB, 0C, 8B, 45, E0, 4D, 85, DB, 0F, 44, C1, 89, 45...
 
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Code size:
185 KB (189,440 bytes)

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