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ScanTack.BRT.Helper.exe

Scan Tack

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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f714a5ed86cd7cc77cb61d2926e3cea8

SHA-1:
fa02d5340958b3e883b1a24a704920f9409ae068

SHA-256:
f0b24ae8ff973259b94465a4ce37f06459b8078bad0a1999b722c9b17f9eb0d4

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:
12/24/2024 12:13:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.3

File size:
157.8 KB (161,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ScanTack.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Scan Tack

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Scan Tack, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Scan Tack, 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:
44D91A3142283CE62B23F23C84838B0D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2014 7:27:21 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x272D2

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

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

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


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