SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe

SmarterPower

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application SmarterPower.BRT.Helper.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SmarterPower  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
373f41ada0a365522fbab6ee4f54c92d

SHA-1:
eb31c9ff5fab2947c4ecfd04571b7e419eeb6ee5

SHA-256:
b5a8bd3a6f1271195c7777b9583db6af4e19b375eb1223c75b16138ca86aee81

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:24:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.13

File size:
157.2 KB (161,016 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:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 8:59:59 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:
9/10/2014 8:49:31 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x270EA

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

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
smarterpower.brt.helper.exe


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