{b44e7e49-091d-4730-a9d0-1f769377a802}gt.sys

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The file {b44e7e49-091d-4730-a9d0-1f769377a802}gt.sys by Search Vortex has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a Windows kernel mode device driver named “{b44e7e49-091d-4730-a9d0-1f769377a802}Gt”.
Publisher:
StdLib  (signed by Search Vortex)

Product:
StdLib

Version:
1.4.3.1 built by: WinDDK

MD5:
37c1fb6bb349124cecdde5be2e074227

SHA-1:
27f481e903a57425a0fd2adad574bf592ef026ce

SHA-256:
76e500e2990a393072438d855f0e79e0e662a0e0d41eaa1f61c158a97fd03646

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:
11/5/2024 2:24:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.2.28.2

File size:
54.6 KB (55,872 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.3.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 StdLib

Original file name:
StdLib.sys

File type:
Driver (Win32 SYS)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\drivers\{b44e7e49-091d-4730-a9d0-1f769377a802}gt.sys

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Search Vortex, L=San Diego, 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:
14D448982B01DF7BA0C15573F03A229C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/22/2014 8:01:43 PM

OS version:
6.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Native (none required)

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xA9BE

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, BD, FF, FF, FF, 5D, E9, 2A, E4, FF, FF, CC, CC, 34, AA, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, AE, 00, 00, 94, 93, 00, 00, 20, AA, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 3A, AE, 00, 00, 80, 93, 00, 00, 2C, AA, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 56, AE, 00, 00, 8C, 93, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 26, AE, 00, 00, 12, AE, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 42, AE, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 2C, AB, 00, 00, 44, AB, 00, 00, 56, AB...
 
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Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

Driver
Display name:
{b44e7e49-091d-4730-a9d0-1f769377a802}Gt

Type:
Kernel device driver (KernelDriver)

Group:
PNP_TDI


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