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smarterpower.purbrowse.exe

SmarterPower

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpower.purbrowse.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 17 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)

MD5:
4f395ef23d1f2567d2db3727b221d049

SHA-1:
3114e28344ffae58a62865b7f5dc582c218899de

SHA-256:
6c825da20d4a465527bf920cb941b8326a3fb7941cbe9966a1f6c184876747f2

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 10:33:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Downloader
2014.08.29

avast!
Win32:Adware-BVO [PUP]
2014.9-140829

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3367

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.14829

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-55
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.100
9.0.1.0241

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10332

F-Prot
W32/A-0b952722
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseBurst
t3scan.1.7.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3331

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcwxrg
0.28.2.61861

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Chgt.E
14.08.29.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SmarterPower.V
14.8.29.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32636

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.38232
2.0.0.1905

File size:
233.7 KB (239,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\bin\smarterpower.purbrowse.exe

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:
7/28/2014 10:44:24 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:c8ie1Fq4GQBTK56ExfoJBUutvMTBMy/zmj:c8iEFqyNK56ExfoKutvMT6Hj

Entry address:
0x1C77E

Entry point:
E8, 46, 69, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, A3, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 10, A1, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05...
 
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Code size:
164 KB (167,936 bytes)

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