neurowise.browseradapter.exe

neurowise

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

MD5:
29d227ea411cf518158d1f37eb79be44

SHA-1:
8527f033ab527d75e2007597c1bc960abdd6a35b

SHA-256:
beb95826240905e2153e0c02ed7ffbaa696add2759af2d7e1319ec3a14cecc18

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:
5/1/2024 1:54:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.6

File size:
96.3 KB (98,592 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\neurowise\bin\neurowise.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/29/2014 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/30/2015 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=neurowise, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=neurowise, L=Santa Monica, 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:
6D39162AD22EF7230D6D19FE64DA8198

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/5/2014 7:55:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4088

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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