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MegaBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe

Mokiray

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application MegaBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe by Mokiray has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Mokiray  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
fc004cbb530f993ab9005e3ac4971a2d

SHA-1:
f6490e710158763d900a2e3e9089380c05df2270

SHA-256:
766a4cd0f61f4bf90bb56275611939bffe306cf949e438185f2469bbc6e3e136

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:
5/14/2024 8:04:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.12

File size:
157.8 KB (161,560 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
MegaBrowse.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\mega browse\bin\megabrowse.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mokiray

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mokiray, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mokiray, 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:
6190556C04EEBA4051F111670BD7D546

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2014 2:00:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x272D2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1303

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

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
megabrowse.brt.helper.exe


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