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BrowserHelper.exe

BrowserHelper

Veristaff. Com Ltd

The application BrowserHelper.exe by Veristaff. Com has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Yahoo Community Smartbar by Linkury Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Veristaff. Com Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
BrowserHelper

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
aee1acf4281b133a8229f4ba8ce67b76

SHA-1:
7b92543d3b488e8f951624c8d4b6276c9aeb66ad

SHA-256:
00e8695b0114e39221acff12106035334ba51e2f2701d29139817a3924b42f34

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:23:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3365

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Linkury
t3scan.1.7.5.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SnapDo.A
v2014.09.01.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VeristaffCom.N
14.9.1.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783962
32210

File size:
34.1 KB (34,936 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:
Veristaff. Com Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:37:25 PM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:37:25 PM

Subject:
CN=Veristaff. Com Ltd, O=Veristaff. Com Ltd, L=Herzliya, S=Herzliya, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121327C47596D5E76D675A39A539249C1B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/17/2014 2:08:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:ci4qPa9vbrJ4ZIp/ogGwRfJjodrCKEtsX2dJqoBAD3dz2IIHQF5JK0CTyVV3WXB6:dtERxjodrIdJfQ3Q74CTXEYztE/Iml

Entry address:
0x88BE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.3731

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

Code size:
26.5 KB (27,136 bytes)

The file BrowserHelper.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Yahoo Community Smartbar  by Linkury Inc.
Yahoo Community Smartbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers contextual based advertising. This toolbar currently supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome.
www.linkury.com/index-8_faq.html
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