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browsesmart.gcupdate.dll

BrowseSmart

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo BrowseSmart branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module browsesmart.gcupdate.dll by BrowseSmart has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BrowseSmart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5475.994

MD5:
b73ac612ef3374080eaebcf68979d866

SHA-1:
bfd227fe1d689e438a0424f8e42604bc8fbfd501

SHA-256:
1fbcb85ec9516760470a69263b5b8076b736ad0c34dcbbb56e588f022cce62c6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 3:37:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.3

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5475.994

Original file name:
BrowseSmart.GCUpdate2014122808.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsesmart\bin\plugins\browsesmart.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BrowseSmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/27/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BrowseSmart, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BrowseSmart, 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:
2324196045B471D3A6A37CF9331711AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/28/2014 6:33:14 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1925BA

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,639,936 bytes)

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