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SmarterPower

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application smarterpoweruninstall.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program SmarterPower by SmarterPower. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including SmarterPower by Yontoo Technology, Inc. and Buzzdock by Alactro LLC, both potentially unwanted software. 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:
c5dd7485644e0323843f6439069bbfde

SHA-1:
9ef709f6cdfaf51dc6e90d8d75a33aa35f62ead9

SHA-256:
449eaed7d444bc61c23214c55b0c4b04b9285878f55e0d5d036b5abe2d07f095

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is the installer/uninstaller for the Yontoo branded (smarterpower) adware program. The main protgram is desigend to deliver advertisements to the user's web browser through injection.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:21:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3344

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.14922

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox
8.10444

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SmarterPower.A
v2014.09.22.11

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.SmarterPower.V
14.9.22.11

Sophos
Browse Fox
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
33280

File size:
252.1 KB (258,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\smarterpower\smarterpoweruninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SmarterPower

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/4/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/5/2015 6:59:59 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:
12/5/2009 4:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:bZ+11HO5uy/1RWBT5cMkoIqZyu3wZm/G/HcX8w:yOcs1s15cMkEZyKp/G/81

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8707

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
SmarterPower

Display publisher:
SmarterPower

Display version:
2014.09.17.203233

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\SmarterPower\SmarterPoweruninstall.exe


The file smarterpoweruninstall.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Buzzdock  by Alactro LLC
This is a web browser extension that injects advertising. From the EULA: "Buzzdock is free to download and use. Buzzdock is supported by advertising, and users will see additional ads on websites where Buzzdock features operate.
www.buzzdock.com/faq-support
79% remove it
SmarterPower  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
SmarterPower is an advertising supported browser extension also known as adware and is designed to deliver ads to the user's Internet browser as banners, context text-links and transitionals ads. The injected ads are not affiliated with the underlying website on which they appear.
smarterpowerunite.com/support
87% remove it
 
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