ClingClang.BRT.Helper.exe

Cling Clang

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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
3eff5b4df2e68c990b4c231e381148a4

SHA-1:
f1d528f0411ccb2848c7de0b2b30b58699c83227

SHA-256:
35a52f2124a4a8eb71712a26ff75defaa3210a0dca7191558dae469f4406944c

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:
4/19/2024 5:41:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.ClingClang (M)
16.1.27.13

File size:
157.3 KB (161,056 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
ClingClang.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\cling clang\bin\clingclang.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cling Clang, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Cling Clang, 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:
5D74FBB0061E5BD76029878075B12101

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 6:03:26 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:xYCx1peOfAjcgiQm1ggMQwtCdDvFY/dVqRjL7IbudCuF+g:xYCl/AjcAm1ggLmCdra/dMZLkidtFV

Entry address:
0x270E2

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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