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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 29 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:
9d267fe25523946ed4e54da80e09a4e6

SHA-1:
d8e2513aba59153ec377b33bc1ae616cc1687989

SHA-256:
415ff2b42bd445dd4d8d5001a2d0fd45997c2631b92dde264cd65dd1d0a092a2

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:52:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Mplug.AF
866

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse
2014.10.10

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.177.134

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP]
2014.9-141204

AVG
Adware Agent.U
2015.0.3344

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14922

Bitdefender
Adware.Mplug.AF
1.0.20.1325

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Mplug-45
0.98/19493

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK
19755

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.218
9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Mplug.AF
8.14.09.22.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.P potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-c74c8eb1
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Mplug.AF
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Adware.Mplug.AF
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of hulatoo.browseradapter.exe (Adware)
2014.12.4.15

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet
14.0.0.3213

McAfee
PUP-FNK
5600.7000

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Mplug.AF
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Kranet.denqfa
0.28.2.62483

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Kranet.98600
14.10.08.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/CI.A
14.09.22.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.639
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.AA
14.9.22.10

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Kranet.Win32.247
2.0.0.1949

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 6:59:59 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:
9/22/2014 4:33:25 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:YUXfaW1QlcE29iu7fqn6BTKUhqkUnzB/FpCWGq:YUXfaAycE2T7fq6FU/F0WGq

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:
6.4080

Code size:
61 KB (62,464 bytes)

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