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smarterpower.browseradapter.exe

gerbillio

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpower.browseradapter.exe by gerbillio has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
gerbillio  (signed and verified)

MD5:
76a2a884d70fb96eac4fecf87dccff97

SHA-1:
3573421097180de0b949510d7aebd7da12ab23a5

SHA-256:
f7612277a25e600e345ab29cc22dc4e91ec7d734cc81421431a21f622b4d7b62

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 7:02:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.5.11

File size:
105.7 KB (108,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\smarterpower.browseradapter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gerbillio

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/16/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/15/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gerbillio, O=gerbillio, 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:
565389134B74939F720F62E22E12CB62

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/24/2015 7:36:57 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x4D75

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 70, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 43, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 46, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, BF, 4C, 85, 41, 00, BE, 5C, 32, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 58, 85, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 64, 32, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 7E, 20, 41, 00, 89, 35, 4C...
 
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Code size:
68.5 KB (70,144 bytes)

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