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MarketResearchHelper.BrowserAdapter.dll

marketresearchhelper

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

Version:
1.0.5374.43009

MD5:
e52926de38be75e05ad2833d3ca36cfe

SHA-1:
bd60c9f53c051df2ee7481118a75381fa627c82f

SHA-256:
1fcfa7c839312be010071171cd9afe5d463b3c60ccf51381d22393044de0e993

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:
4/26/2024 2:54:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.5

File size:
877.3 KB (898,352 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5374.43009

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper.BrowserAdapter.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\plugins\marketresearchhelper.browseradapter.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
marketresearchhelper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/6/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2014 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=marketresearchhelper, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=marketresearchhelper, 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:
688762C9A09401488B09D9F72D24894B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 9:53:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xDB2E2

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

Code size:
869 KB (889,856 bytes)

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