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fasterlight.gcupdate.dll

Faster Light

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

Version:
1.0.5500.23143

MD5:
725d1cfdd1efb91a45e0c9bf41943868

SHA-1:
0de64f9168e5df7c117eb8828b5bcce965e902f2

SHA-256:
95bf5dc1bc06d3f8d6a0c4376fc3639301854db5af3919ac22c54d6da4c866d9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 6:29:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.5.16

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,376 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5500.23143

Original file name:
FasterLight.GCUpdate2015012220.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\faster light\bin\plugins\fasterlight.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Faster Light

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/19/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/20/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Faster Light, O=Faster Light, 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:
697399BCAA43E2F4228493C765EB81CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2015 6:51:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x192586

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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