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sidecubes.exe

Veristaff. Com Ltd

The application sidecubes.exe by Veristaff. Com has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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’.
Publisher:
Smartbar  (signed by Veristaff. Com Ltd)

Product:
Smartbar

Version:
20.36.3.17365

MD5:
d229801520725e215cc0d3fd5f64f433

SHA-1:
3a47f19139b08b8ba016ab0e1adc0c83635ad41c

SHA-256:
c83d7a0b1adbeb06526b5c7f32afa33a40ca6c75e8375cb99b72f4b4b58e1d88

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:11:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Resoft (M)
16.8.5.7

File size:
19.9 KB (20,360 bytes)

Product version:
20.36.3.17365

Original file name:
Smartbar.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Veristaff. Com Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/1/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/2/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Veristaff. Com Ltd, O=Veristaff. Com Ltd, STREET=14 Shenkar st, L=Herzliya, S=NA, PostalCode=4672514, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
455F70D662ADEE3E2A476A720B0267B8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/26/2014 3:35:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:vybUx3jS87wkSFyPEL35+yVIldORoDkmVamEt92Zw3TdI3dwnYPLg8wEw:abW32nMalmA97TdItw+nw

Entry address:
0x4E0E

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.1552

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

Code size:
12 KB (12,288 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\sidecubes.exe startup


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