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updatebringstar.exe

BringStar

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

Version:
1.0.5498.9699

MD5:
b1912770b3b28be874754b61bf0e7000

SHA-1:
3b71fc7b8e79d994fc14b193ee66de6c82e2217b

SHA-256:
7d6545134b83e0c7f75f801b86a894b1dbeb68f70c6d5db084985bd50fe6d398

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:
11/30/2024 9:00:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.16

File size:
517.2 KB (529,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5498.9699

Original file name:
BringStar2015012013.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\bringstar\updatebringstar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BringStar

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/22/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BringStar, O=BringStar, 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:
66E0550F19C158AF6136E70A1C576091

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/20/2015 2:23:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x8105A

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

Code size:
508.5 KB (520,704 bytes)

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