Brass Search

Publisher Information

Brass Search is a brand of the Sambreel/Yontoo group, a web advertising company located in Carlsbad, CA. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. It is part of the Yontoo/Sambreel group and distributes web browser add-ons, typically potentially unwanted and adware in nature, that are designed to modify a user's typical search beahvior as well as display context and popup advertising. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brass Search, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Brass Search, 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:
79a7a4116aa48d85e401c00c69ad38d7

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M), Adware.Yontoo (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
maintainer.bak  (64b7e191acf492b45f9f9fcb288debac)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.purbrowse.dll  (666e8dc75aa998a13cf3a416c99d58ac)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch.IEUpdate.dll  (741efe946fa9e2b7455902b3de38ca23)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.gcupdate.dll  (d10b22d05738e55a362d2d386f10cbfc)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch.FFUpdate.dll  (9455fd339bb9809b110bb22ec9cef2b3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch.BrowserAdapter.dll  (a5d57d7101bcb13057e3751c88497d8e)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
671b983c41aa4597839c64.dll  (c2ae2e52ebe6427211e9215fd5dd63f1)

1 / 68      (Adware)
671b983c41aa4597839c.dll  (6b67f77f984db417e0e06ae8a677c829)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearchuninstall.exe  (971088622f242683561ac2476f460dec)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearchbho.dll (Brass Search)  (5f1176d4ad94f8059b9f52e0a6b6aaff)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch2014120909.exe  (1583b2e9835c176d502eeba4f881a119)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch2014120712.exe  (c84875f58bebbf476d09b360a7e747c8)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.boashelper.exe.pendingoverwrite  (5624d880f04bc3aca90eb74a04cd6a70)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
e95d537096b54cdaa40f64.dll  (c7d15a95ba82cc3a7006b887c4ef25ea)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.purbrowse.dll  (8df4fe35638f985055ca49cf7ef54455)

1 / 68      (Adware)
BrassSearch.OptChecker.dll  (7d49ad68d247252e10b95b5bf37512df)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.ofsvc.dll  (955407664e0f07ddbdac4d43f8d5a155)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.gcupdate.dll  (247d9315e21f730be4ad96b3cab2f770)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.ffupdate.dll  (c158a032635b069780c80fe7e18db836)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.expext.dll  (7406f52fbeec6cd6b1f3d893d3a102be)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.compatibilitychecker.dll  (27064fea31b8ac72eb339130d76a47e9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.browseradapter.dll  (a341f3e023c63074ff2d335d40dd1c7e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.boas.dll  (a19bfc6d36aaf411a93696b1ce10e401)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.purbrowse64.exe  (58ab4869a63d1fca23e2f9bef6f67b86)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.expextdll.dll  (7a63b7973b1ab3fcfd2d70685588ac84)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.expext.exe  (6313d7a8a34062f0bc2dec0a087b07e4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
brasssearch.browseradapter64.exe  (50e918f3cfee46e5e340c9e0f8cc2577)

 
Latest 30 of 3,987 files

The following certificate is also signed by Brass Search.

14B70763F7359103960BFC81500A256C  (Mar 12, 2015 to Apr 11, 2016)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

30 of 116 publishers

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Brass Search by VeriSign, Inc. on March 14, 2014 with the serial number '79a7a4116aa48d85e401c00c69ad38d7'.