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SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe

gerbillio

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.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)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
5591610ffe3ed3c988a26711a0c0533e

SHA-1:
73a44b63c13e847b506b2a709639dcb94d8c6e93

SHA-256:
7120c29089533779d460accfbe6020510b1abb5c45be69584aa66b620353e006

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:
12/24/2024 11:49:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.5.20

File size:
157.8 KB (161,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\smarterpower.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gerbillio

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/29/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/30/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gerbillio, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
4409477E9554A1549D768F6119FC70F3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2014 2:40:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x272DA

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

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
smarterpower.brt.helper.exe


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