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MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowseG.dll

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowseG.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:
1.0.5380.31479

MD5:
bd5c4fad1bb2642c0b53624399b88707

SHA-1:
20bf26dc0c2893243a6bfc4b945e974779b263d9

SHA-256:
e3c0038d9240e18c86975a86339bd216b0140599c2879e36c1d004612fd2d1df

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:
4/25/2024 1:10:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.6.1

File size:
830.3 KB (850,224 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5380.31479

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper.PurBrowseG.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\plugins\marketresearchhelper.purbrowseg.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:
9/24/2014 3:29:32 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xCF732

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

Code size:
822 KB (841,728 bytes)

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