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clearthink.purbrowseg.dll

ClearThink

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module clearthink.purbrowseg.dll 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)

Version:
1.0.5495.4546

MD5:
c70127b7f0832275a885d7941872936a

SHA-1:
f45bb264529d3f53922079719841556b9aa17083

SHA-256:
6ad75c38131cdab789db427222b761181f3e59b298067928ef12d6e2f05f3bfd

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:
12/29/2024 5:30:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.26.14

File size:
936.2 KB (958,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5495.4546

Original file name:
ClearThink.PurBrowseG2015011710.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\burn\burn\Program Files\clearthink\bin\plugins\clearthink.purbrowseg.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClearThink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 8:59:59 PM

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:
59B72B1DB71CE323997B1EAF80E12AAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/17/2015 8:31:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xE9E72

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

Code size:
928 KB (950,272 bytes)

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