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ClearThink.BRT.Helper.exe

ClearThink

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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
bd9f69c5ba48d578d84812dfc5ba98aa

SHA-1:
02bb39caacc8d7890e3977abd0ba5d14c44db2fb

SHA-256:
8b264a5d7c7172d7b929e721ed3efb3a7e5c6440b2ae9fe71c3c3e33ff3dc071

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:
4/23/2024 3:58:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.16.9

File size:
157.2 KB (161,008 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ClearThink.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClearThink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ClearThink, O=ClearThink, 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:
1200063ED04B1DA36F7FE204B3DD8617

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2014 12:44:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x27112

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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


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