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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 21 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:
a529a4b8263b544fe5b60f89c9cd7900

SHA-1:
709a58d314164673e5d7f104758f236b165a47ad

SHA-256:
987d39176ffa8d74d3caae04abf028c7c131c6ce97da38908df200ce34e43083

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 5:56:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Mplug.AF
802

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.09.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.171.140

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3280

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141124

Bitdefender
Adware.Mplug.AF
1.0.20.1640

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK
19471

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Mplug.AF
8.14.11.24.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10394

F-Prot
W32/A-a37ab118
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Mplug.AF
11.2014-24-11_2

G Data
Adware.Mplug.AF
14.11.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.2897

McAfee
Artemis!A529A4B8263B
5600.6936

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Mplug.AF
15.0.0.984

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.denqfa
0.28.2.61942

nProtect
Adware.Mplug.AF
14.09.07.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.639
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.AA
14.11.24.14

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32982

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:
8/4/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 4:59:59 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:
9/9/2014 11:40:33 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:+UXfaW1QlcE29iu7fqn6BTKUhqkUnzB/FpCWGI:+UXfaAycE2T7fq6FU/F0WGI

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, F4, 11, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, D8, 63, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, FC, 11, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 4E, 03, 41, 00, 89, 35, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4079

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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