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melondrea.brt.helper.exe.pendingoverwrite

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

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
a1be59b9bc5ece2fae26c74506e07a09

SHA-1:
8732caa44f73e997d3939d9b5a05ce647f379aca

SHA-256:
55a3434c7f2ed5c4563ad95a4594cecf052771ad554a6f54b9e5dbbcdf03d0c9

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:
4/30/2024 5:08:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.22

File size:
157.2 KB (161,008 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
melondrea.BRT.Helper.exe

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\melondrea\bin\melondrea.brt.helper.exe.pendingoverwrite

Digital Signature
Signed by:
melondrea

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=melondrea, O=melondrea, 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:
58580E4F32DB4FE90920DADE2B01109D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2014 2:36:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x27106

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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