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podoweb.brt.helper.exe

PodoWeb

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

MD5:
83208a46909a9425a71e418460d3ac2e

SHA-1:
df505d6654e5c23916f70ae331cf7765ed1c5fcd

SHA-256:
0d280968bd7328a5b393f23bfba046b7f33fe3c2d0cced3cb9f844a8d80c78d2

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 9:45:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.23.21

File size:
157.3 KB (161,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\podoweb\bin\podoweb.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PodoWeb

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
6/8/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/17/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=PodoWeb, O=PodoWeb, L=Santa Monica, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A93446D6247875E905539F949588C94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/5/2014 5:22:08 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x270C6

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
podoweb.brt.helper.exe


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