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ChromeHost

Veristaff. Com Ltd

The application chromehost.exe by Veristaff. Com has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program Yahoo Community Smartbar by Linkury Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Veristaff. Com Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
ChromeHost

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
529f2d63392e1f9f78f90a9e7c51a7e3

SHA-1:
54af96925c1c8e977efaacfb8509c9a319aee065

SHA-256:
d40f6c8ce11a6b38a9fd5663cea69d691ce5853ec92a2b6e3621ceffc7cf5e2b

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:00:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Linkury.B
865

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.AVKill
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Linkury.Gen2
7.11.170.52

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3365

Bitdefender
Adware.Linkury.B
1.0.20.1325

Dr.Web
Trojan.AVKill.24016
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Linkury
8.14.09.22.02

G Data
Adware.Linkury
14.9.24

McAfee
Artemis!9C36186131BC
5600.6999

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Linkury.B
15.0.0.795

Panda Antivirus
PUP/LinkUry
14.09.22.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VeristaffCom.K
14.9.1.2

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10344

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Linkury
30656

File size:
27.1 KB (27,768 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 Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/14/2014 2:37:25 PM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:37:25 PM

Subject:
CN=Veristaff. Com Ltd, O=Veristaff. Com Ltd, L=Herzliya, S=Herzliya, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121327C47596D5E76D675A39A539249C1B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/17/2014 2:09:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:tBkmUMnwaiov/4POhp/TCHOVcZStH5rGil7H3IHOOyJny7onLr3PL0xIw:zkmJwHovQPup/THRbXIunxgo/IJ

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:
6.0414

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.

Yahoo Community Smartbar  by Linkury Inc.
Yahoo Community Smartbar is a web browser toolbar and extension that modifies the browsers search and home pages as well as delivers contextual based advertising. This toolbar currently supports Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome.
www.linkury.com/index-8_faq.html
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