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clearthink.gcupdate.dll

SugarSearch

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

Version:
1.0.5619.20957

MD5:
1fc6e404bf3453f70dee3510ef5a2dc7

SHA-1:
a0e2e15324e21bfd71ca25fd69aef1f2584516b1

SHA-256:
eb33c1008273b8c177770f15b66912b53e21749ac841d9eba7f3ac3346f55edf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:13:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.7

File size:
1.5 MB (1,571,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5619.20957

Original file name:
2015052119.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SugarSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=SugarSearch, O=SugarSearch, 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:
157811536006AB535BF52112299859D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/22/2015 2:38:42 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x17F8BE

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:
7.2875

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

Code size:
1.5 MB (1,563,136 bytes)

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