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MarketResearchHelper.exe

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file MarketResearchHelper.exe 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:
1.0.5392.13851

MD5:
d44847e8434632d9f233fd28f9833090

SHA-1:
f326eb9a40cbd4cf67fdeb3ddb7c20e3fa238bc4

SHA-256:
e198758aece1a8a80da1be29edfa1e9b86173a455a32a03ff6086b3655d22cc9

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:
5/5/2024 9:42:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.8.2.14

File size:
510.3 KB (522,496 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5392.13851

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\tmpa833.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
marketresearchhelper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/29/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/30/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=marketresearchhelper, 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:
6DD8710AE8775AB268422F9653B285BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/6/2014 5:41:47 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LpN9loUpgSVSlOC9KX5hGKjYMvNMLMePqqDB0P:LYUpNfXvNMLMmDS

Entry address:
0x7F4A2

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

Code size:
501.5 KB (513,536 bytes)

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