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gatesnapperbho.dll

gate snapper

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module gatesnapperbho.dll by gate snapper has been detected as adware by 40 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘gate snapper 1.0.0.7’. 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:
e690b079ac9f792523c40b37f3809166

SHA-1:
7f00eb3bb411e5df17a377829009c104503cf445

SHA-256:
7734d9fe4052a293202d0b624436c1aec0b0dea0c68deeb1e7f055d59a6c83e0

Scanner detections:
40 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 6:50:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
689

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.BrowseFox
2015.01.27

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.209.134

avast!
MSIL:BrowseFox-BE [PUP]
150303-0

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3167

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.15317

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
1.0.20.380

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-536
0.98/20194

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20860

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1016
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
8.15.03.17.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
3/17/2015

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

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
11.2015-17-03_3

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of gatesnapper.dll (Adware)
2015.6.23.12

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.192.14761

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2332

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GateSnapper.A
v2015.03.17.04

McAfee
BrowseFox
5600.6823

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
16.0.0.228

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.0.65070

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.BetterBrowse.1
11.20150317

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.01.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
15.03.17.04

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

Quick Heal
PUA.Adware.OD5
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Yontoo
15.3.17.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17D5649F!399860895
23.00.65.15315

Sophos
Generic PUA CC
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
9992

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0204
7.2.76

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00LH14
10.465.17

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Kranet
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
37004

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.58304
2.0.0.2033

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:\Program Files\gate snapper\gatesnapperbho.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gate snapper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 12:59:59 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:
3/17/2015 9:27:34 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:RmiYckxqEbUViVqUsVNXBB+/nFK3wY+lx9ZKTJhKjpcEr:RmiYckziiVMrXFdI9ZGYew

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:
6.0738

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
gate snapper 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{4a532aa9-cf26-4fd4-b245-cb4e3b401af9}


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

http://install-cdn.gatesnapper.com/bed?r=2015031805&bet=3

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