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SearchSettings.exe

Widgi Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application SearchSettings.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SearchSettings’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Widgi Toolbar

Description:
Search Settings

Version:
9, 7, 0, 1

MD5:
9c5aa2e41735e7f73b64d9601b1faf17

SHA-1:
d9154dafbfba785c13ddbc3f63348436fe9a465a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 6:32:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
17.3.15.4

File size:
1.5 MB (1,608,000 bytes)

Product version:
9, 7, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2014 Spigot, Inc.

Original file name:
SearchSettings.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/29/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Spigot, Inc.", L=El Granada, 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:
494FF8E91607158CD480B23C615CFF8B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 5:26:27 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xA1AA1

Entry point:
E8, E9, 9E, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, CF, 50, 00, E8, 85, E8, FF, FF, 33, F6, 89, 75, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 5D, 08, 3B, DE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 75, 1C, E8, 89, 5B, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, 56, 56, 56, 56, 56, E8, 29, F5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 33, C0, EB, 7B, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 0C, 3B, FE, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, D6, 33, C0, 66, 39, 37, 0F, 95, C0, 3B, C6, 74, CA, E8, 89, A3, 00, 00, 89, 45, 08, 3B, C6, 75, 0D, E8, 47, 5B, 00, 00, C7, 00, 18, 00, 00, 00, EB, C9, 89, 75, FC, 66, 39, 33, 75, 20...
 
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Entropy:
6.0364

Code size:
939.5 KB (962,048 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SearchSettings

Command:
"C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe"


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