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updatesnipsmart.exe

snipsmart

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 snipsmart will automatically keep the extension patched by downloaded new functionality which is auto-enabled by default. The application updatesnipsmart.exe by snipsmart has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Update snipsmart”. This file is typically installed with the program snipsmart 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:

updatesnipsmart.exe

Publisher:

snipsmart (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5350.25621

MD5:

fc6c2a7dce6b40a331b37185fd262b54

SHA-1:

18a5e14491f29dc9af5a3cd726c663ce4b6e3f2b

SHA-256:

e4cf82ff46da40319bfabcb6086b18b4ed09dfa928cd76648555c606fcf13f3c

Scanner detections:

6 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Part of the Yontoo adware web browser extension update process.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 5:24:31 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

ESET NOD32

Win32/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.BrowseFox

t3scan.1.7.5.0

Kaspersky

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

14.0.0.3335

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Chgt.E

14.08.29.12

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

Adware.Yontoo.Service.P

14.8.30.16

File size:

315.7 KB (323,312 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5350.25621

Original file name:

snipsmart.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\snipsmart\updatesnipsmart.exe

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:

8/25/2014 4:14:19 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:0aTfAzqHjjQ1T9cY7gE+d7HHMKB3Gx/JljcZrXbIYXv:0aTf/DURxRlg5sYf

Entry address:

0x4EBAA

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, D8, 02, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00... 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

307 KB (314,368 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Update snipsmart

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

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

snipsmart by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

snipsmart is an adware Internet toolbar/extension that will deliver ads to the browser on web pages that are not affiliated with the ads or the extension.

snipsmart.info/support

81% remove it

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