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gatesnapper.dll

gate snapper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module gatesnapper.dll by gate snapper has been detected as adware by 37 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.gatesnapper.com.
Publisher:
gate snapper  (signed and verified)

Product:
gate snapper

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
fea049d76b86d396d305d92fbc46a635

SHA-1:
af88e6f7e506b2fa229c63363949ca4ec8a06399

SHA-256:
fc4ae563fbaff7c304b64f8e7b6d95223356a4f1b986cdc50224d8a45b0a6753

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 4:01:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
656

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.205.90

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-BE [PUP]
150414-0

AVG
BrowseFox.F
2016.0.3134

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15419

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
1.0.20.545

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7675
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20858

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1734
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Mikey.11547
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Agent
4/19/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-7bed2e86
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
11.2015-19-04_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of gatesnapperbho.dll (Adware)
2015.7.21.7

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.192.14761

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GateSnapper.A
v2015.04.19.08

McAfee
Artemis!CD96DF17AA75
5600.6790

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
16.0.0.327

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.ddwtte
0.30.0.64812

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249624.B
14.08.07.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.04.19.08

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Yontoo.gatesnapper
15.4.19.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B
23.00.65.15417

Sophos
BrowseSmart
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9925

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0807
7.2.109

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
32026

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Agent.Win32.9402
2.0.0.1850

File size:
262.7 KB (269,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) gate snapper. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\3wx2ee3w\gatesnapper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gate snapper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gate snapper, O=gate snapper, 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:
133A7A0373BA5F8F11B450D044B92146

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/13/2015 3:06:59 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:UmiYckxqEbUViVqUsVNXBB+/nFK3wY+lx9ZKT2hKjxcE4:UmiYckziiVMrXFdI9ZFYW3

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 4C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
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Entropy:
6.0737

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file gatesnapper.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.gatesnapper.com/bed?r=2015041313&bet=3

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