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Prompt

Smart Applications

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application shortcut.exe by Smart Applications has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners.
Publisher:
Smart Applications  (signed and verified)

Product:
Prompt

Version:
1.1.0.0

MD5:
8f7eb7a1d7e25a73d7cbcea5fdefedc1

SHA-1:
ee3af5a942af3a406fee1c09fd7a8c9cfa56b561

SHA-256:
23133fbe1aafd2934758f4829c07617a46e104f3c68c7c27a10fab28bbdbba86

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 2:19:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:GenMaliciousA-ICV [PUP]
2014.9-150425

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.PullUpdate
4.0.3.15425

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
21575

Dr.Web
Adware.Yontoo.68
9.0.1.0115

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.L.gen (variant)
9.11510

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
4/25/2015

G Data
Win32.Trojan.Agent.2UPI1T
15.4.25

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.202.15414

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2140

McAfee
Artemis!0EB3F9D133F4
5600.6785

Panda Antivirus
PUP/SpeedBrowser
15.04.25.02

Sophos
Pull Update
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02LC0ECB15
7.2.115

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02LC0ECB15
10.465.25

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
38850

ViRobot
Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.45312.B[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
43.3 KB (44,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
shortcut.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\speed browser\application\shortcut.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Applications

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/13/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/14/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Applications, O=Smart Applications, L=St. James, S=St. James, C=BB

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:
4CF1C880A6746C7D0CDCB1393793A057

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2015 7:33:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:sQhM1/MUi1cfN/lUzrX3hXmlK+brA8zStrycGOxPlHsB9LDsSy:ypMUoz14lA8z09NzMfD+

Entry address:
0xA92E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.6168

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

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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