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updatesmarterpower.exe

SmarterPower

Part of the Yontoo web browser plugin (delivers advertisements to the web browser in the form of injected banners, text-links, popups, etc.) the updater mechanism for SmarterPower will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updatesmarterpower.exe by SmarterPower has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update SmarterPower”. This file is typically installed with the program SmarterPower by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

SmarterPower (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5371.15396

MD5:

e272f4f2032ee0872ea27d2a3daa32f5

SHA-1:

de5fabac1a586841eaa37f3df8436085a448d6bb

SHA-256:

ab54f0b31292f4c132ec14091affe8324c04a900e449ed21b10b49d66a55f427

Scanner detections:

15 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 8:45:55 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7

7.11.173.22

avast!

Win32:BrowseFox-AN [PUP]

2014.9-140920

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3345

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.BrowseFox

4.0.3.14920

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

19547

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox (variant)

8.10437

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/Kranet

9/20/2014

K7 AntiVirus

Riskware

13.183.13407

Kaspersky

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

14.0.0.3220

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SmarterPower.A

v2014.09.20.10

McAfee

Artemis!E272F4F2032E

5600.7001

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Chgt.F

14.09.20.10

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Yontoo.Service.S

14.9.20.22

VIPRE Antivirus

Yontoo

33224

File size:

315.7 KB (323,320 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5371.15396

Original file name:

SmarterPower.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\smarterpower\updatesmarterpower.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

SmarterPower

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

8/4/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

8/5/2015 8:59:59 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:

9/15/2014 6:33:29 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:pFfAzP3pq46jSYm7Ip/d7FuuDBfHvYQ1S/p8r47Xb15sk:pFfeZkpvl1SirKJ5N

Entry address:

0x4EBAA

Entry point:

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[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

307 KB (314,368 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update SmarterPower

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file updatesmarterpower.exe has been discovered within the following program.

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

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