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SearchDonkey.exe

SearchDonkey

WebAppTech Coding LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application SearchDonkey.exe by WebAppTech Coding has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program SearchDonkey by WebAppTech Coding, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
WebAppTech Coding, LLC  (signed by WebAppTech Coding LLC)

Product:
SearchDonkey

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
e5b1011326a2bae09a7064a0a80a41fc

SHA-1:
e0d8a42face9de72c338b78697d786cf5db12222

SHA-256:
a0927c7f48573d09d8c040314b631eb0a4ef49c2811a9b86e3e8080232f1944e

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:00:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SaMon
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.169.142

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-160118

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19330

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.175
9.0.1.018

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
10.10322

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SaMon
1/18/2016

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11913

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.800

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A
v2016.01.18.12

McAfee
Artemis!88FAAAAE68FB
5600.6517

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.24a
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.WebAppTechCoding (M)
16.1.18.0

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0612
7.2.18

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
32584

File size:
147.4 KB (150,904 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © WebAppTech Coding, LLC 2014

Original file name:
SearchDonkey.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\searchdonkey\searchdonkey.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebAppTech Coding LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/24/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/25/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WebAppTech Coding LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebAppTech Coding LLC, L=Grandville, S=Michigan, 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:
1A6411A4888DF6223DF9C572F9BE2E96

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/13/2014 8:05:28 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:H+PRKveObh8bwOSMLZfVE+ebJ2LOIV8GN:EKbh8bweVzekCIV8G

Entry address:
0x948E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
4.5099

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

Code size:
29.5 KB (30,208 bytes)

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

SearchDonkey  by WebAppTech Coding, LLC
Search Donkey is a potentially unwanted application that plugs into a user's web browser distributed by Western Web Applications, LLC. It bundles as well as includes various advertising schemes such as contextual links, popovers and popunders.
www.searchdonkeyapp.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-218-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.218.190:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-51-123-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.51.123.27:80)

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