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SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe

gerbillio

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe by gerbillio has been detected as adware by 18 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:
gerbillio  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
cb31d143f6ccaef1c661aa19ea1d8c3f

SHA-1:
2d5bda083ac5cdcf964c6e27d29b1971f60a865e

SHA-256:
83586ed9d10086fe0bab861f144b9d5a27508aa9f64ddfd6a9ccf267a16b64e4

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:15:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.4
6209727

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/BrowseFox.Gen4
7.11.197.16

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-BV [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3254

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.4
1.0.20.1775

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.393
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-481ec56b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.4
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse
14.12.24

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.188.14395

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win64.Kranet
15.0.0.543

McAfee
Program.BrowseFox.b
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.4
15.0.0.1065

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
0.28.6.64267

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.4
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.gerbillio.V
14.12.21.9

File size:
157.8 KB (161,568 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\smarterpower.brt.helper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
gerbillio

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/29/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/30/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=gerbillio, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=gerbillio, 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:
4409477E9554A1549D768F6119FC70F3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 7:51:45 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:9cmLryYOVQJmtwi8v8M3B0QdPRHzqDi99Uun5egdCbYZK:9cmSfQJmai8f0QdPRHzqDkz5rdob

Entry address:
0x272E2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1312

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
149 KB (152,576 bytes)

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