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browsesmart.gcupdate.dll

BrowseSmart

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo BrowseSmart branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module browsesmart.gcupdate.dll 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:
1.0.5577.11611

MD5:
a4c9ef9e9215ea3ff6c7b02de70fb166

SHA-1:
5da010e6b9cce2952148c10dce1de5c85f6c9bae

SHA-256:
67916d3755dc15ea48e27a4c1aca4c63f5eda974d162bbaff6d4eeaa19ac5ff8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:27:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseSmart (M)
16.2.15.12

File size:
1.4 MB (1,484,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5577.11611

Original file name:
BrowseSmart.GCUpdate2015040914.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

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

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:
4/9/2015 5:27:28 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xJ3Ou+pS0+M3tb0pvaep5ZEyfQSllsQUfIKKuZAP2BFCgzn:yu/0J3tCieDCpS/sQxKbRFCgj

Entry address:
0x16A41A

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

Code size:
1.4 MB (1,476,096 bytes)

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