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Smartbar.Personalization.Settings.PersonalizationSettingsManager.dll

Smartbar.Personalization.Settings.PersonalizationSettingsManager

Linkury

This is part of the Linkury monetization software, a web browser toolbar used to 'hijack' a user's search in order to collect revenues. The Linkury SmartBar is a a potentially unwanted toolbar and Windows Gadget that is advertising supported. The module Smartbar.Personalization.Settings.PersonalizationSettingsManager.dll by Linkury has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Microsoft  (signed by Linkury)

Product:
Smartbar.Personalization.Settings.PersonalizationSettingsManager

Version:
1.2.0.0

MD5:
fecdd62e1bcae81a5efbc360366bd30e

SHA-1:
e29647114caaa71b2f18893e354eb3f0f6d22051

SHA-256:
a8c6a96d4fa7c20a851d482686190da5e4951ec01a1266917c9add86c8ef0bc3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 5:11:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Smartbar.Linkury (M)
16.2.4.23

File size:
14.3 KB (14,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.2.0.0

Original file name:
Smartbar.Personalization.Settings.PersonalizationSettingsManager.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\linkury\application\smartbar.personalization.settings.personalizationsettingsmanager.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Linkury

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/13/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/11/2012 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Linkury, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Linkury, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, C=IL

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:
419F551AE006F0B2E53B5248C56F74C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/15/2011 12:52:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:pyndMuSLMJN/Dag3sI53WpqZqXMqzqiYJLbs4LeMg:pyndMpLM3oI4qZqXMqzqLL0

Entry address:
0x372E

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

Code size:
6 KB (6,144 bytes)

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