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searchvortex.expext.dll

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchvortex.expext.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)

Version:
1.0.5602.36294

MD5:
9646c2524c2215b8f2b5b8b5dade8b1e

SHA-1:
5b61002f3ba52137071bea159bdf4adc1ff49a93

SHA-256:
2b7c7580fbe0b3af80a30791b4461e2916bb12bcce4fe48d3d8878cacb21fe0e

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 2:44:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.18

File size:
494.7 KB (506,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5602.36294

Original file name:
SearchVortex.ExpExt2015050504.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\bin\plugins\searchvortex.expext.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2015 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 10:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, 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:
6378D12A74B139F75511F7798DF77B19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/5/2015 3:10:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7B81A

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

Code size:
486.5 KB (498,176 bytes)

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