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smarterpower.boashelper.exe

SmarterPower

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpower.boashelper.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
SmarterPower  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e32c8c4171e7736922e68b493f0b50e2

SHA-1:
b0688b809d52913e09b1a01b722d1e2f584ea58f

SHA-256:
2405af19a1e5b05f124b602ab6d1a44619427dad78071fe092197125e8c42df8

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 7:42:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.09.22

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of dolphindeals.boashelper.exe (Adware)
2014.11.29.4

McAfee
Artemis!1460E7EBA5C4
5600.7002

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.W
14.9.19.13

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33318

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\smarterpower.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SmarterPower

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SmarterPower, O=SmarterPower, L=Santa Monica, 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:
38D7C83A73CB4E3AC85648608E3170D8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 11:01:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:GJT8uCpxJ+c2ukyW1kDmB6yHqI2yeLO476kNaKTpuVNdhKA0UDs:Fu4+cqyW1YmB6yHqI2yeySNaKduVNdhG

Entry address:
0xF6B4B

Entry point:
E8, DC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 74, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 08, 78, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 52, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 74, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, C0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 1F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
6.4135

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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