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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 8 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:
1.0.5378.12356

MD5:
6b76131ca4143e633336c54a9b3047b6

SHA-1:
e8d3597ae0a8fe98efeb59bb2846ff770c4e9d09

SHA-256:
1efa865ffbb62c1676aa44a85c8d63dc9f7ab5105cae4c4f35c1b450ce11e713

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:34:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7
7.11.173.208

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3343

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14922

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10448

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet
14.0.0.3212

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.SmarterPower.U
14.9.22.12

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33334

File size:
913.7 KB (935,672 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5378.12356

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 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/6/2015 2:59:59 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:
9/22/2014 10:52:06 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:/H5qA42/euhXt9Au+6QBWMdJoe6AoNisLYJ6IaP:/HUoXXAu+3dJoe64CPP

Entry address:
0xE4436

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:
7.8801

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

Code size:
905.5 KB (927,232 bytes)

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