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MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowse.dll

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowse.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:
1.0.5227.20540

MD5:
9057d0804f8d9dbc6387caeb3ddd2594

SHA-1:
0850c39e994b2a78a51ffddc0dbd43b103d416ec

SHA-256:
298e231dc18d429efc5e13820fc20c532b33ffcf1ba1e537f503ef42d72ed830

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:
4/24/2024 8:02:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.1.10.8

File size:
784.8 KB (803,632 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5227.20540

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowse.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\plugins\marketresearchhelper.purbrowse.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:
4/24/2014 9:24:53 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xC418E

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

Code size:
776.5 KB (795,136 bytes)

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