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higheraurum.browseradapter.exe

Higher Aurum

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

MD5:
d1c84ad12d324bb1f51b6d08e6ea1f1b

SHA-1:
0564e20066281b7f16e0ebaab1d8922a45085b2f

SHA-256:
deec1a02f5c14f29be4bafdf2e543644c84ae912d4475a8753ac6f206ade6cb5

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 10:42:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.HigherAurum (M)
16.1.13.7

File size:
103.3 KB (105,760 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\higher aurum\bin\higheraurum.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Higher Aurum

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/19/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/20/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Higher Aurum, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Higher Aurum, 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:
7AC9C1A4A445736B879230C2743EB72C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2015 10:44:37 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:AsTpawrfL7e9Fe7NgPZIeK+HkLn8B6kSaGSi:AsgiTi9FsN+PFLNGR

Entry address:
0x4535

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 60, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, BF, EC, 74, 41, 00, BE, 24, 22, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, F8, 74, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 2C, 22, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 0E, 17, 41, 00, 89, 35, EC...
 
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Entropy:
6.3889

Code size:
66 KB (67,584 bytes)

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