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higheraurum.purbrowse.dll

Higher Aurum

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

Version:
1.0.5477.31409

MD5:
79be1d7654c3762ab0914d36e33209d4

SHA-1:
452c6b19e037fd4509e18c1e821687093291cd9a

SHA-256:
57bb3fe43d74360a92249dc9ca52081ba7751528e67651c90bb058d6592b675a

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:
11/10/2024 6:48:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.14.15

File size:
934.8 KB (957,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5477.31409

Original file name:
HigherAurum.PurBrowse2014123101.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\higher aurum\bin\plugins\higheraurum.purbrowse.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Higher Aurum

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/19/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/20/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Higher Aurum, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Higher Aurum, 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:
7AC9C1A4A445736B879230C2743EB72C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/31/2014 4:27:03 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xE98BE

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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Entropy:
7.1746

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

Code size:
926.5 KB (948,736 bytes)

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