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marketresearchhelper.browserfilter.helper.dll

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module marketresearchhelper.browserfilter.helper.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)

MD5:
5fcb4fd41ea346d64328f6aae2042b3e

SHA-1:
a883552ada728ebe45a28e3ccf9bbf52b7f8e760

SHA-256:
ad47470262ec4723bbbfa983442056725341c310463421430bd89c09f551cd2d

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 7:47:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.marketresearchhelper.h
14.8.8.0

File size:
388.8 KB (398,128 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\marketresearchhelper.browserfilter.helper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
marketresearchhelper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:
2/11/2014 10:09:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:rRLdBzWsg2wx/LuLKeb0vLAKj/b/VGLfKxpzwq/N+J5smuYcLnfZh6O4As67+E:lLdHsLehFWz/VG2xp/1+kf2Ocq9

Entry address:
0x1A2DA

Entry point:
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Code size:
174 KB (178,176 bytes)

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