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MarketResearchHelper2015080317.exe

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file MarketResearchHelper2015080317.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:
1.0.5693.17651

MD5:
dc1642822a117675e74f758d515e9d1e

SHA-1:
cc3dbfa7821203217bc1a996b1ada6241b8a23d3

SHA-256:
d5fc162cf4786abf96d35ca32c669b5c46605dd3300c1c34049a33f0fd988ec6

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 8:50:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.7.24.21

File size:
633.8 KB (648,960 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5693.17651

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper2015080317.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\tmp6682.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
marketresearchhelper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/28/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/29/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
8/3/2015 12:48:32 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wjSH/0asneGm2PR9ymrEvqQbJxpJjzLmR:Iase4yJyQbJBzLmR

Entry address:
0x9E256

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

Code size:
625 KB (640,000 bytes)

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