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LinkSwift.GCUpdate.dll

linkswift

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo linkswift branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module LinkSwift.GCUpdate.dll by linkswift has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
linkswift  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5424.4222

MD5:
ad53b43338fd9cf0fb60d0c4671d11d9

SHA-1:
83b18ce1c25ade47ac53a3f099e81407b9ac899f

SHA-256:
debac875f5a0f113cb584345cf4e6eda8716d0518637a0eaa74dd279712684db

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 3:12:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.linkswift (M)
16.2.11.7

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,928 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5424.4222

Original file name:
LinkSwift.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
linkswift

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/11/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=linkswift, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=linkswift, L=San Diego, 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:
3AD03D814D9E16358271D2CA8A94AB42

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/7/2014 8:20:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:cZzO13xG2VIFrRXA5/6BUeiAd1yrK64BKaZgsBBa7LNYtulul+odO3SxtbAk+w0t:4urg0aZgM6v/7ytsZzMI6NM/

Entry address:
0x192662

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,640,448 bytes)

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