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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 13 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
BrowseSmart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5383.35702

MD5:
fb3f27833b81266dfb955262fe5d5565

SHA-1:
965ef3848bc169ef9f87c328b768f14fd679c4d4

SHA-256:
d75399aa93bd67b546acfcbcfdecb9dc6749ff8c71863b6272882388ee332a14

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 12:06:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.179.162

AVG
BrowseSmart
2015.0.3316

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141019

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.228
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.7.8.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3076

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A
v2014.10.19.08

McAfee
BrowseFox.a
5600.6972

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.708
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BrowseSmart.T
14.10.19.20

Sophos
BrowseSmart
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
33706

File size:
533.3 KB (546,080 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5383.35702

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:
9/27/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/28/2015 12:59:59 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:
9/27/2014 9:50:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HHJkvWoYWWzYn14MARucALMMp0bwFZpXA8c2kUXz2QC:JuYQ4MtoW0bw7BblC

Entry address:
0x85276

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:
7.8681

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

Code size:
525 KB (537,600 bytes)

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