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snipsmart.GCUpdate.dll

snipsmart

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo snipsmart branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module snipsmart.GCUpdate.dll by snipsmart has been detected as adware by 9 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:
snipsmart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5415.2966

MD5:
a116c6dfde2cd42cafb53a96ccb59e81

SHA-1:
aa1068d349c6fb1f0ec2753c27254980bc3d23bd

SHA-256:
13b3df4ca2461cfe34c0670666b3d9f97ba325bbf870ad88c60c1a2433f6bd35

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:30:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3305

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141030

ESET NOD32
MSIL/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10646

F-Prot
W32/A-44ec90a9
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SwiftBrowse
t3scan.1.8.3.0

McAfee
BrowseFox.g
5600.6961

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM23.0.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.snipsmart.R
14.10.29.12

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
34232

File size:
1.6 MB (1,648,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5415.2966

Original file name:
snipsmart.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
snipsmart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=snipsmart, O=snipsmart, 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:
44017A0654590E4048857CE5A4A44F1A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/29/2014 9:38:58 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1il7Gr2IBn+hJ6TsFrW1QDWBWGhIp4kEaZgWLSNYL2CtNuVllrSG810z35q7nxx9:K0naZgoTNAllSGG0b5G7qAqCUpa

Entry address:
0x192526

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.3218

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

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

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