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smarterpower.purbrowse.exe

gerbillio

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpower.purbrowse.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:
2c86ca09a65997cd595d2c750b7dddc0

SHA-1:
62c0b21016f791fa3dfaf578ee16d6a40dc38b22

SHA-256:
27d7e1f4a8306ea99e7cd95963a81e409ef81dd555e76dc1a2488512f3ce1645

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 11:16:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.14

File size:
289.3 KB (296,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gerbillio

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/29/2014 5:45:00 AM

Valid to:
3/30/2015 5:44:59 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:
12/30/2014 2:21:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x213AE

Entry point:
E8, 55, 84, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 88, 34, 44, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 8C, 34, 44, 00, 5D, C3, 05, 44, FF, FF, FF, 6A, 0E, 59, 3B, C8, 1B, C0, 23, C1, 83, C0, 08, 5D, C3, E8, 04, 52, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F0, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 08, C3, E8, F1, 51, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 06, B8, F4, 35, 44, 00, C3, 83, C0, 0C, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, E8, E2, FF, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, 08...
 
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Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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