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utilbrasssearch.exe

Brass Search

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilbrasssearch.exe by Brass Search has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Util Brass Search”. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Brass Search  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5543.135

MD5:
bc80356b04d919a59ab949b2679dcd8f

SHA-1:
73afc43f3d4c212063000a84377434830d772a4a

SHA-256:
6d7d298fc0507511c5e15c8aab85ea6e7ca6ad00c5f960e00c65b0cbf5b3b0aa

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:46:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
6762526

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.aoi
7.11.214.42

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-HO [PUP]
150101-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3179

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1536

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
1.0.20.325

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-2a8fbfdd
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
5.13.68

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.3.25

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.200.15179

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox-FWI
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
16.0.0.195

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.AT
15.03.06.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.Yontoo
15.3.6.5

File size:
393.3 KB (402,728 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5543.135

Original file name:
BrassSearch2015030608.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\brass search\bin\utilbrasssearch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Brass Search

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/14/2014 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/15/2015 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Brass Search, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Brass Search, 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:
79A7A4116AA48D85E401C00C69AD38D7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2015 12:04:53 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:vrMfikG9YvpFuDMpbjbvEX2hekZqjqFcSnVH8J8vd/Ht+RcIhzvVdZQopypCnZxh:vrMfyYvODkmSnt8J8vdQRckzdCCZ

Entry address:
0x62102

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

Code size:
384.5 KB (393,728 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Util Brass Search

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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