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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:
23aec148642d74d6d0899ad2b20e10af

SHA-1:
682557c6915aeec2aab73d42ef63ceaf52e588c4

SHA-256:
a60efbb8715c451acc4ed055b0af794611c7c04c74bdde3151544f4a548426fa

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:
11/27/2024 1:55:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.8

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 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:
10/17/2014 1:40:49 AM

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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