Should I remove Brass Search?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2015.02.07.182442	8.33%
2014.12.26.092238	8.33%
2014.12.25.032231	8.33%
2014.12.23.112232	8.33%
2014.10.27.022646	8.33%
2014.10.17.105908	8.33%
2014.10.16.101837	8.33%
2014.10.14.105243	8.33%
2014.10.07.110004	8.33%
2014.10.05.102808	8.33%
2014.10.03.180210	8.33%
2014.09.16.083222	8.33%

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Remove Brass Search by Yontoo Technology

Brass Search is a web browser extension that injects display advertising in the user's browser. Ads are displayed in the form of banners and contextual text-links and are both injected in white space areas of the HTML page or over existing ads of the underlying web site. These ads are typically for PC optimization utilities, other bundled malware or other types of malvertising.

The software collects a bunch of information about the user per the EULA: "When Accessing and Using the Software. When using the Software, various types of Individual user information is collected, stored, shared with other parties, supplemented, used and sold for business and marketing purposes, such as maintaining and improving the Software, providing the Sofiware features, displaying relevant advertisements and content, conducting research, providing analytics services, and other purposes described In this policy. This user Information Includes Information about your computer system, such as IP address, unique identifier number, hardware, software, configuration, operating system, browser, other connected devices, applications, usage patterns, capability, and performance. It also includes information about your internet use, browsing activity, demographics, location, and Interests, such as websites visited, pages viewed, search queries entered, and specific content displayed or accessed, including advertisements, items In your online shopping carts, and other products or services of interest to you."

Displayed publisher: Brass Search

URL: brass-search.net/support

Help link: mailto:[email protected]

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Brass Search

Uninstaller: C:\Program Files\Brass Search\BrassSearchuninstall.exe

Estimated size: 1.5 MB

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program Brass Search, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Brass Search.
4. If for some reason uninstallation fails, please install Microsoft's uninstall fixer utility which will help fix problems with programs that can't be uninstalled at support.microsoft.com.

1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
2. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
3. The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
3. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.

1. Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
2. Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
3. When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
4. Restart Google Chrome.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 58% Win XP 8%

HOW IT RUNS Windows Service? Yes (Installs a service)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 88% Keep it 12%

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	50.00%
IQ	5.56%
Iran	5.56%
Malaysia	5.56%
PS	5.56%
United Kingdom	5.56%
Greece	5.56%
Indonesia	5.56%
ME	5.56%
Philippines	5.56%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Yontoo, a subsidiary/alias of ad-hijacker Sambreel, is a publisher of ad-supported web browser extensions designed to inject and display advertisements within the browser.

Publisher URL: www.yontoo.com

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