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searchvortex.browserfilter.helper.dll

Search Vortex

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

MD5:
069b8ac3d8dd92ebf5b49e7071bbd0f9

SHA-1:
351005967ac44f5e107e02d56c1b9f3a9909e5d5

SHA-256:
3f4bd7218a2121551c1cd9f6bc4780d01172cedde92ff448d1da74731aa55cae

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:
11/27/2024 3:41:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.7.13

File size:
388.8 KB (398,120 bytes)

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\searchvortex.browserfilter.helper.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Search Vortex, L=San Diego, 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:
14D448982B01DF7BA0C15573F03A229C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/19/2014 7:10:28 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x1A2DA

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, F5, 61, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 40, D4, 05, 10, 89, 0D, 3C, D4, 05, 10, 89, 15, 38, D4, 05, 10, 89, 1D, 34, D4, 05, 10, 89, 35, 30, D4, 05, 10, 89, 3D, 2C, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 15, 58, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 0D, 4C, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 1D, 28, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 05, 24, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 25, 20, D4, 05, 10, 66, 8C, 2D, 1C, D4, 05, 10, 9C, 8F, 05, 50, D4...
 
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Code size:
174 KB (178,176 bytes)

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