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BrowserHelper.exe

BrowserHelper

Linkury

This is part of the Linkury monetization software, a web browser toolbar used to 'hijack' a user's search in order to collect revenues. The application BrowserHelper.exe by Linkury has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
Linkury  (signed and verified)

Product:
BrowserHelper

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
abf225bbcb0ff747577d70191264cd88

SHA-1:
33690fa8282d767227c672a52317040218e38759

SHA-256:
47e0dd4feb77ee1b930b7abbeeabb5ccb2759d1dbe424b59481516992ced3de0

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/4/2024 7:58:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Linkury.B
358

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Trash.Gen
7.11.30.172

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.MSIL.Linkury
4.0.3.16211

Bitdefender
Adware.Linkury.B
1.0.20.210

Dr.Web
Trojan.Damaged.1
9.0.1.042

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Linkury
8.16.02.11.08

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury (variant)
10.9342

G Data
Adware.Linkury
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Linkury
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SnapDo.A
v2016.02.11.08

McAfee
Artemis!4EC3B0118171
5600.6492

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Linkury.B
17.0.0.126

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.delelo
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Adware.Linkury.B
11.20160211

nProtect
Adware.Linkury.B
14.08.06.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/LinkUry
16.02.11.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM03.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Linkury (M)
16.2.11.20

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
9329

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1115
7.2.42

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R00JC0OI114
10.465.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Linkury
25854

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
20.3 KB (20,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
BrowserHelper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\smartbar\application\browserhelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Linkury

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/11/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Linkury, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Linkury, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
77A9B89A06B99100955A838E8BB46FF8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2013 2:00:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:A+e+UdEnst8zGhnSXd1Ps9SObgy8+DG45qnYPLds41eMhb:A+GEnvs9vzqs

Entry address:
0x4F9E

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

Code size:
12 KB (12,288 bytes)

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