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”. This file is typically installed with the program MarketResearchHelper by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
marketresearchhelper  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5142.26671

MD5:
e91a34f51229f4a46fa80acd63ac96ec

SHA-1:
0d2226c07ada742eab9518cae6e146642d348709

SHA-256:
3dc0913c74dbfe872aa4d7b14f36237460dd0952dc0f6d5cf5e982fecd8788eb

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:
4/19/2024 12:32:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.marketresearchhelper.Y
14.8.8.0

File size:
100.8 KB (103,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5142.26671

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
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:
1/29/2014 2:49:18 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:liXLqZ4i+qERWBnNjAODVOXTuhFCbmMQEMc:liXeZ4ixERWBnNURambmyf

Entry address:
0x18FFA

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

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Update MarketResearchHelper

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file utilmarketresearchhelper.exe has been discovered within the following program.

MarketResearchHelper  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This web browser addon is a coupon deal finder that is distributed through adware monetizer Web-Pick through the InstalleRex pay-per-install (PPI) platform. It is typically bundled with third-party offers.
marketresearchhelper.com/support
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