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ChromeHost

Veristaff.com Inc

The application chromehost.exe by Veristaff.com Inc has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program SafeFinder Smartbar by Linkury Ltd. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Veristaff.com Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
ChromeHost

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
2293d87a529abad532ccf5c7bfb42f7c

SHA-1:
397e0fc56a91cd49a2a1bcf876b4f6ae866f45bf

SHA-256:
7d97d0e64cf7ffd58d57be0d460527f2ac3946979b551084cde21b36331df1f1

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:42:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.AVKill.24016
9.0.1.05190

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Veristaff.K
14.7.28.9

File size:
27.8 KB (28,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
Smartbar.Resources.ChromeHost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\smartbar\application\chromehost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Veristaff.com Inc

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/8/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/14/2015 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Veristaff.com Inc, O=Veristaff.com Inc, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0B0EA10F13BB9EB2057BECB9A30F59D4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2014 7:54:11 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:iBkmUMnwaiov/4POhp/TCHOVcZStH5rGil7H3IHtOOyJn7BenYPLx8I1M0x:MkmJwHovQPup/THRbXINOnxle48mM0x

Entry address:
0x6A2E

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:
6.0332

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

Code size:
19 KB (19,456 bytes)

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

SafeFinder Smartbar  by Linkury Ltd.
SafeFinder displays advertising in the user's Internet browser by running as an extension and/or add-on. Ads are delivered in the form of search-related ads, banner and video ads, and text-links (roll-overs) as well as some popup ads.
www.linkury.com/faq/s/faq.aspx?company=SafeFinder
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