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snipsmart.gcupdate.dll

snipsmart

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo snipsmart branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module snipsmart.gcupdate.dll by snipsmart has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
snipsmart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5665.30271

MD5:
520c663dea2dd0049af7bd2d738b0295

SHA-1:
9b6c7da42ff80ce90ed8b6a932657ba244824fac

SHA-256:
3dfd4e8eef52e113412ada86722ef797826d3798e8042f4f42bafc37e41c2696

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 11:29:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.8.21

File size:
1.6 MB (1,639,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5665.30271

Original file name:
2015070700.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\snipsmart\bin\plugins\snipsmart.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
snipsmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=snipsmart, O=snipsmart, 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:
44017A0654590E4048857CE5A4A44F1A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2015 8:49:02 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1900DE

Entry point:
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Entropy:
6.6452

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,630,720 bytes)

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