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clearthink.purbrowseg.dll

ClearThink

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

Version:
1.0.5466.33756

MD5:
6e54cd4d7da8acc0dc2b882826cdf394

SHA-1:
a49c95743c173b54918ed196d9d63bae20565372

SHA-256:
f3de6246671072e6351f897fa144403403bb8bf446180887c79817eb38a91798

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:
5/26/2024 8:15:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.27.16

File size:
933.7 KB (956,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5466.33756

Original file name:
ClearThink.PurBrowseG2014122002.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clearthink\bin\plugins\clearthink.purbrowseg.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ClearThink

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/9/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ClearThink, O=ClearThink, 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:
59B72B1DB71CE323997B1EAF80E12AAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 3:45:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xE9476

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

Code size:
925.5 KB (947,712 bytes)

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