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SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.dll

QuickShare Widget

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 SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.dll by Linkury has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘QuickShare WidgetEngine’. This file is typically installed with the program QuickShare by Linkury Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

Linkury (signed and verified)

Product:

QuickShare Widget

Version:

1.0.0.0

MD5:

d64baf2ecede3df20c41f61962417cd2

SHA-1:

8fcf11f799e02e6c41ae6381675f7a4b881a9ae9

SHA-256:

66639435d51f6c2c60ed313b36fad8ddff21fd0e374b8996ea63166e1902238a

Scanner detections:

13 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 4:23:32 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.Linkury.B

354

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Linkury.Gen2

7.11.183.42

Bitdefender

Adware.Linkury.B

1.0.20.230

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.Linkury

8.16.02.15.01

ESET NOD32

Win32/Toolbar.Linkury (variant)

10.9190

G Data

Adware.Linkury

16.2.24

McAfee

Artemis!6AD36844EC3C

5600.6488

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.Linkury.B

17.0.0.138

Panda Antivirus

PUP/LinkUry

16.02.15.01

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Linkury (M)

16.2.15.13

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V1115

7.2.46

VIPRE Antivirus

Adware.Linkury

24868

XVirus List

Win.Detected

2.3.31

File size:

133.8 KB (136,984 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

Original file name:

SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.dll

File type:

Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\smartbar\application\smartbarinternetexplorerbho.dll

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Linkury

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/11/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/11/2015 4:59:59 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:

77A9B89A06B99100955A838E8BB46FF8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/30/2013 7:36:18 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:LNpzN9Ub6GvCi09s2o2skAieBvNSK3/1:9STvCD8kAienVd

Entry address:

0x2149E

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8610

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

125.5 KB (128,512 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO

CLSID:

{31ad400d-1b06-4e33-a59a-90c2c140cba0}

CLSID name:

QuickShare WidgetEngine

The file SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.dll has been discovered within the following program.

QuickShare by Linkury Inc.

QuickShare, also know as Smartbar, is an auto-starting program that is typically bundled with various shareware software. It displays advertising and is designed to run when Windows boots up.

www.linkury.com/faq/NS/faq.aspx?c=QuickShare

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