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BrowseSmart.exe

BrowseSmart

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file BrowseSmart.exe by BrowseSmart has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BrowseSmart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5428.34831

MD5:
0f65456dce6fa112c417f62575ffb5c2

SHA-1:
2cf7a0a5ec8c662369fd85d7733ed0d046c06279

SHA-256:
d4e4fb73f16c67a3ee5905efeaa057913f5fe13505e36b130316acb89705125f

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:
5/7/2024 7:14:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.BrowseSmart (M)
16.2.15.12

File size:
513.8 KB (526,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5428.34831

Original file name:
BrowseSmart.exe

Common path:
C:\Program Files\browsesmart\bin\tmp59c.tmp

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BrowseSmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/27/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/28/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BrowseSmart, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BrowseSmart, 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:
2324196045B471D3A6A37CF9331711AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/12/2014 6:21:07 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:igSLh31PSCNnqyg44cfpIrF1whPHaV067IW9AoKsPMJSd34jINQ16/f455Awx8HC:ig+BSCAM4XLwhhoKY4jOTguJJOd

Entry address:
0x8029E

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

Code size:
505 KB (517,120 bytes)

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