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BetterBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe

BetterBrowse

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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
987331cf8e6e62c031ea6157efd78966

SHA-1:
485964d8d18ac839edfb2597b73743add717ff8e

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:
4/18/2024 1:59:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BetterBrowse (M)
16.2.11.7

File size:
157.3 KB (161,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
BetterBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BetterBrowse

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/27/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/28/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BetterBrowse, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BetterBrowse, 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:
12F4B87646B8BAF069AA302DE756FE85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2014 5:10:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:EaSuxXZBO8lPIoZ2ugg6a9I7AOZWpAjemyC3dCFc:EaSe5lPIoEugg6b7fZxemyIdp

Entry address:
0x27112

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1301

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
C:\Program Files\BetterBrowse\bin\BetterBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe


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