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12brmon.exe

VER_PRODUCT_NAME

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the startup monitor for the Mindspark/MyWebSearch toolbar and will monitor the toolbar within the browser to make sure it loads and updates. The application 12brmon.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘MyScrapNook_12 Browser Plugin Loader’. This version of the file will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
VER_COMPANY_NAME  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
VER_PRODUCT_NAME

Description:
VER_DESCRIPTION

Version:
1,0,0,1

MD5:
853fb722a0dd0b34e120b322f69ebc66

SHA-1:
110908949292627220e6a7f23f9012e2932f41d5

SHA-256:
7c75d68b1c643ea4f5df5b3f7cf3e89ba5661416f2cf2aacbade7aa1bcc821f4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 4:32:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MyWebSearch (M)
17.3.5.10

File size:
29.4 KB (30,096 bytes)

Product version:
2,3,0,0

Copyright:
VER_COPYRIGHT

Original file name:
VER_EXE_FILENAME.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\myscrapnook_12\bar\1.bin\12brmon.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/31/2010 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2012 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
41730EB0E6D92A476E16628A0DBEFB36

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/12/2011 11:21:14 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1C20

Entry point:
83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 4C, 30, 40, 00, A3, 5C, 41, 40, 00, FF, 15, 48, 30, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 44, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 9C, 30, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 0F, 3C, 20, 7F, 0B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 75, F1, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, C7, 44, 24, 38, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50...
 
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Entropy:
3.7055

Code size:
8 KB (8,192 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
MyScrapNook_12 Browser Plugin Loader

Command:
C:\Program Files1\myscra~2\bar\1.bin\12brmon.exe


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