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BrowseSmart.IEUpdate.dll

BrowseSmart

This is the Internet Explorer add-on for the Yontoo BrowseSmart branded web browser plugin (injects banner, text-link and popup ads). The component is responisble for registering the Browser Helper Object into IE and keeping it registered. The module BrowseSmart.IEUpdate.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:
1.0.5176.29268

MD5:
58f706d07b4134c68d67317aacfbfa79

SHA-1:
75ae7e324cc36caa75236452da7d3ea780e37276

SHA-256:
1ae3fa8664df5c3199b271dd7a283bb59c399e629af2eac44ef3f43843ee9b6b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser add-on for Internet Explorer.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 3:14:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseSmart (M)
16.2.15.3

File size:
82.3 KB (84,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5176.29268

Original file name:
BrowseSmart.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BrowseSmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/26/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/27/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
3/4/2014 8:15:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:J/leezOtgWdHWsSClEhOs1cOpZRkC5VqNwXYyw6xnnlcbuSfwMeBVfsawAO:NnStfd2jClxspjFYX8l6uHMenkapO

Entry address:
0x14726

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:
6.0753

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

Code size:
74 KB (75,776 bytes)

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