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SmarterPower.GCUpdate.dll

SmarterPower

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo SmarterPower branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module SmarterPower.GCUpdate.dll by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 7 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)

Version:
1.0.5408.18901

MD5:
575cfe81ad376ca1c73e511199debfb4

SHA-1:
418014ae3a3e97c91c2bbde5005620e637eb47c4

SHA-256:
2562d919e95532b190037befa84b6783e224f7462ee249019cbd7c827d4ba987

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 4:02:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3313

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141022

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10604

McAfee
BrowseFox.g
5600.6969

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.SmarterPower.U
14.10.22.17

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
34156

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,888 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5408.18901

Original file name:
SmarterPower.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\plugins\smarterpower.gcupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SmarterPower

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/5/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
10/22/2014 7:30:07 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tD9Tb+/pkcQu7D09yobulsra7LqS24swaZg+dmNNYbnZHFN8zCSwK47HjgrDIvLv:ngTaZgt6HHKnfSnmjQv3TtDcy

Entry address:
0x19267A

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,640,448 bytes)

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