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Searchprotection.exe

Search Protection

Yahoo! Inc.

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Search Protection’.
Publisher:
Yahoo! Inc  (signed by Yahoo! Inc.)

Product:
Search Protection

Description:
Yahoo! Application

Version:
2009, 1, 30, 1

MD5:
6c9ad447e2164499a34276ebdd895de7

SHA-1:
76e161b67bb4f9d91074fc974e02e7b5b3ebf90e

SHA-256:
bc4170d3e7f68988343c74f75cac87a0c7053f5703138d3759acab0fb8b31d94

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 11:18:35 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

File size:
109.2 KB (111,856 bytes)

Product version:
1, 2, 8, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2008

Original file name:
Searchprotection.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\yahoo!\search protection\searchprotection.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yahoo! Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/10/2006 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/3/2009 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Yahoo! Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Yahoo! Inc., L=Santa Clara, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5A2D0E95592B515A5CF3F5C5D59C88B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2009 1:57:47 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

Entry address:
0x3916

Entry point:
E8, E7, 3F, 00, 00, E9, 17, FE, FF, FF, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, FF, 35, E8, 3D, 41, 00, E8, 75, 25, 00, 00, FF, 35, E4, 3D, 41, 00, 8B, F0, 89, 74, 24, 18, E8, 64, 25, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 3B, FE, 59, 59, 0F, 82, 84, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DF, 2B, DE, 8D, 6B, 04, 83, FD, 04, 72, 78, 56, E8, 0A, 41, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 3B, F5, 59, 73, 4A, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F0, 73, 02, 8B, C6, 03, C6, 3B, C6, 72, 10, 50, FF, 74, 24, 14, E8, 9D, 40, 00, 00, 85, C0, 59, 59, 75, 17, 8D, 46, 10, 3B, C6, 72, 43, 50, FF, 74, 24, 14, E8, 86, 40...
 
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Entropy:
5.4923

Code size:
48 KB (49,152 bytes)

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

Name:
Search Protection

Command:
C:\Program Files\yahoo!\search protection\searchprotection.exe


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