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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SmarterPower  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5411.28127

MD5:
531aea630a368aefd4d36f155fd3d7d3

SHA-1:
7cc9fca7a330f5805b9847980fc7c89a3e90a02f

SHA-256:
4c1d449f83b48b4f9b8d8128adf2e88f5cb0fa24de08fb8bf02b5aaba454b8e6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 9:03:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.17

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,376 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5411.28127

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 1:59:59 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:
10/26/2014 1:37:39 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x1924F2

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

Code size:
1.6 MB (1,639,936 bytes)

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