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searchmetoolbar.exe

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The application searchmetoolbar.exe by Cloud Installer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘SearchmeToolbarST’. This file is typically installed with the program SearchmeToolbar by Spigot, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address 25.1a.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Cloud Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
69c6f7a0dc980d304e65d74dddb92780

SHA-1:
adbe1c64c34103ac7b219f7038e59c2c2902c2e2

SHA-256:
33bb0a77517c5a8637f85248e4353250cc747b5c0683a8d2b71beb3d925cfb35

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 2:41:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse (M)
17.3.6.16

File size:
2.8 MB (2,933,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\searchmetoolbar\searchmetoolbar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cloud Installer

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/26/2016 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
6/27/2017 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cloud Installer, O=Cloud Installer, L=Incline Village, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0A5B4B5AF59BA66B15D186EE8D998A4D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2017 6:38:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x78B2D

Entry point:
E8, 27, 33, 01, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 66, 8B, 55, 0C, EB, 07, 66, 3B, CA, 74, 11, 40, 40, 0F, B7, 08, 66, 85, C9, 75, F1, 66, 39, 10, 74, 02, 33, C0, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, B8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 8B, C8, 83, EC, 14, 66, 39, 4D, 08, 0F, 84, 9A, 00, 00, 00, 53, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, EC, E8, 23, EA, FF, FF, 8B, 4D, EC, 8B, 51, 14, 33, DB, 3B, D3, 75, 14, 8B, 45, 08, 8D, 48, BF, 66, 83, F9, 19, 77, 03, 83, C0, 20, 0F, B7, C0, EB, 61, 56, B8, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 66, 39, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.6209

Code size:
2 MB (2,104,320 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SearchmeToolbarST

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\searchmetoolbar\searchmetoolbar.exe" \restart


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

SearchmeToolbar  by Spigot, Inc.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 25.1a.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (169.54.26.37:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 2c.1a.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (169.54.26.44:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to d4.d0.25ae.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (174.37.208.212:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 2b.1a.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (169.54.26.43:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 2e.1a.36a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (169.54.26.46:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ir2.fp.vip.ir2.yahoo.com  (46.228.47.114:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ir1.fp.vip.ir2.yahoo.com  (46.228.47.115:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ir1.fp.vip.bf1.yahoo.com  (98.139.180.149:80)

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