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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 23 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:
733cdcd9d7d167772ee12b7049208310

SHA-1:
e281e6c4cfd16109ea45121a3e456e2e39e81d76

SHA-256:
05a3baf8eb2233276218f6607b85fee12bfa7521fc2fc7eae2fa3fc74542bf3d

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 8:02:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
899

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Megabrowse
2014.08.21

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen
7.11.168.100

AVG
Adware Generic_r.KF
2014.0.3986

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14820

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
1.0.20.1160

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6748
0.98/19296

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.46
9.0.1.0232

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
8.14.08.20.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
11.2014-20-08_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Agent
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Artemis!AF67542357AC
5600.7033

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1
15.0.0.696

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.daqbho
0.28.0.60253

Panda Antivirus
Generic Malware
14.08.20.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.AA
14.8.25.1

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.BrowseFox/Variant
10410

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
30552

File size:
94.2 KB (96,504 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 7:59:59 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:
8/20/2014 9:30:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Q20yXi/yNee8DtbDB2zndKfAIklDnkBdXRTD8N:QMy/yUeql2BhdqdXRTDw

Entry address:
0x30E5

Entry point:
E8, 85, 20, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 70, 40, 41, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 0C, 21, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 07, 22, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, EB, 0D, FF, 75, 08, E8, 3E, 22, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, 0F, FF, 75, 08, E8, C5, 07, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 74, E6, C9, C3, F6, 05, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, BF, 6C, 53, 41, 00, BE, 10, 02, 41, 00, 75, 2C, 83, 0D, 78, 53, 41, 00, 01, 6A, 01, 8D, 45, FC, 50, 8B, CF, C7, 45, FC, 18, 02, 41, 00, E8, 2C, 00, 00, 00, 68, 5E, FC, 40, 00, 89, 35, 6C...
 
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Entropy:
6.3769

Code size:
59.5 KB (60,928 bytes)

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