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clearthink.expext.dll

SugarSearch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module clearthink.expext.dll by SugarSearch has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SugarSearch  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5665.8132

MD5:
42a2af89d9881eea35365c76e90ec483

SHA-1:
4d67648ac07eb73b29334aa1583e921cc54cc0cf

SHA-256:
d9f1f2569571aab87f07eafb8e8bdeb17f7123ec92fa5963fae3f2b4a286b74b

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:
12/24/2024 3:49:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.7.21

File size:
503.2 KB (515,320 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5665.8132

Original file name:
2015070612.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\clearthink\bin\plugins\clearthink.expext.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SugarSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/10/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SugarSearch, O=SugarSearch, 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:
157811536006AB535BF52112299859D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2015 9:31:05 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7DB4E

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

Code size:
495 KB (506,880 bytes)

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