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quickshare.exe

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The application quickshare.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Browser Infrastructure Helper’. This file is typically installed with the program QuickShare by Linkury Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address 103-16-152-177-noc.bsccl.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Smartbar

Product:
Smartbar

Version:
1.6.1.696

MD5:
7fef82869e3482985fd5915f7e378732

SHA-1:
a4fcd99282eb656aa66c7d36f463fa07bb0a89fc

SHA-256:
c7a866730745dcb5eb72f37c8282ee303c947986fc47e28eec9bca51f77e4bfa

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:10:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Toolbar
2014.0.3609

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup.Smartbar.K
188163

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
16531

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop4.24551
9.0.1.0365

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Linkury (variant)
7.8516

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/MSIL_Agent
12/31/2013

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of smartbar.exe (PUP)
2014.1.9.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.Smartbar.K
14.2.17.3

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH01FJ13
7.2.365

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Linkury
19226

File size:
13.5 KB (13,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.1.696

Original file name:
Smartbar.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/31/2012 5:24:22 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:zOWHL9x27Fgfb5+RIldORoDxmVamEt9fZw3SItJE:yKy7qmA9ISI0

Entry address:
0x4BFE

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:
5.3352

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

Code size:
11.5 KB (11,776 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Browser Infrastructure Helper

Command:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\smartbar\application\quickshare.exe startup


The file quickshare.exe has been discovered within the following program.

QuickShare  by Linkury Inc.
QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up.
www.linkury.com/faq/NS/faq.aspx?c=QuickShare
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 103-16-152-177-noc.bsccl.com  (103.16.152.177:80)

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