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smarterpower.browseradapter.exe

SmarterPower

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpower.browseradapter.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 16 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:
f115ea8bbea75551cbe893d8af32e0c2

SHA-1:
26f1bb287affb149ed693377a85253e4272bbf43

SHA-256:
58fe377b5610f1bd0f25424485314a5a5b258fb3439c20b15997924eb9fa5caa

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 3:56:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
889

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.08.29

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.169.186

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3367

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14829

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.1205

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK
19344

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.14.08.29.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10331

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.8.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.3331

McAfee
PUP-FOP
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
15.0.0.723

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.AA
14.8.29.16

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.133
2.0.0.1905

File size:
96.2 KB (98,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SmarterPower

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 1:59:59 AM

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:
8/28/2014 10:17:48 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:MUpNCMA9q5bNldh7Mx6BTKUhSkWnzBMnbS4q:MUpNCLg5bNB7MgF+MbS/

Entry address:
0x3665

Entry point:
E8, C5, 21, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, F3, 05, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 70, 50, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 41, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 44, 23, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, 8A, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, BF, CC, 63, 41, 00, BE, 10, 12, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 12, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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