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Smartbar.Removal.exe

Smartbar.Removal

This is part of the Linkury/SnapDo monetization software, a web browser toolbar used to hijack a user's search in order to collect revenues. The SmartBar is a a potentially unwanted toolbar and Windows Gadget that is advertising supported (adware). The application Smartbar.Removal.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The file has been seen being downloaded from gogeneral.blob.core.windows.net.
Product:
Smartbar.Removal

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
362c7e9ce9b0007f9cbca44c8ee65ec6

SHA-1:
6cb312e175aee064cc889ed12ece094b1f01201a

SHA-256:
638727cb7772093b29f7051d90813f10f4288353cdf721b07c1eff49334e176b

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:32:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Linkury.Gen2
7.11.174.68

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783962
33120

File size:
1009 KB (1,033,216 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
Smartbar.Removal.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\smartbar.removal.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/20/2014 8:47:38 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:h5IaVyr3Tap/5htBORV8b9v4v2QoLlXEUe:h5IaVyr3Tap/ftn9vi2QoLR

Entry address:
0xFD01E

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:
5.8164

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

Code size:
1004.5 KB (1,028,608 bytes)

The file Smartbar.Removal.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://gogeneral.blob.core.windows.net/.../Smartbar.Removal.exe

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