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utilmarketresearchhelper.exe

marketresearchhelper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilmarketresearchhelper.exe by marketresearchhelper has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update MarketResearchHelper”.
Publisher:
marketresearchhelper  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5210.24992

MD5:
2ed102c9bb9770dd61573fe5912df917

SHA-1:
0279cb73efdb57ac437bc3d7f946412403fe61e8

SHA-256:
1fefa5c118410919f4d2bc8d97ecb3574214446fbfce6cb757c693fc9e47741e

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:
4/26/2024 12:10:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.marketresearchhelper.Y
14.8.8.0

File size:
342.3 KB (350,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5210.24992

Original file name:
MarketResearchHelper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\marketresearchhelper\bin\utilmarketresearchhelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
marketresearchhelper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/7/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/8/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=marketresearchhelper, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
688762C9A09401488B09D9F72D24894B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/7/2014 3:53:19 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UV85C4WSkYYznH41jWvweVzN+vkLueVOF/n6Z+HPmgRZM/1h6cTbqa:UV85o4f6BgUT6Da

Entry address:
0x555AA

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

Code size:
333.5 KB (341,504 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update MarketResearchHelper

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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