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utilspringsmart.exe

Spring Smart

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilspringsmart.exe by Spring Smart has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Spring Smart 2013.11.07.204203 by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Spring Smart  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5168.42185

MD5:
8f71cb6c866daa93d72848d7abe92d9f

SHA-1:
a47a6baadd7ba9a2a36569249268e9ac95505abd

SHA-256:
680515c5eaedee32191120ac51e978bce614d6d6d51113f69acdf9976fb51200

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:32:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo.SpringSmart (M)
16.2.3.17

File size:
109.3 KB (111,912 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5168.42185

Original file name:
SpringSmart.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\spring smart\bin\utilspringsmart.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spring Smart

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/21/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/22/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Spring Smart, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Spring Smart, 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:
5D69FD87A1BCECDB8891F45F148E34E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2014 8:26:23 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:PmMjkokigZvlVRWqVUiUpc9GBbFqL8z6DUg:PmMQokigZbwO2c6bF42k

Entry address:
0x1B13A

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

Code size:
100.5 KB (102,912 bytes)

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

Spring Smart 2013.11.07.204203  by Yontoo Technology, Inc.
This is a potentially unwanted web browser extension that is designed to deliver search-based hijacking as well as contextual advertising. The program does this by modifying the user's home and search page in order to monetize a user's search activities.
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