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SearchVortex.PurBrowse.dll

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module SearchVortex.PurBrowse.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:
1.0.5380.32678

MD5:
f18a97ee55c7e4f34fb4535258eeca1b

SHA-1:
f8313bf57497fee31ce405ed52b401c626b6a126

SHA-256:
8044438f9a889536ced20122a44fe7d5f52d73c12ffd9055c5ca24817ce08393

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:
11/5/2024 2:22:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.24.22

File size:
833.3 KB (853,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5380.32678

Original file name:
SearchVortex.PurBrowse.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\bin\plugins\searchvortex.purbrowse.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:
9/24/2014 4:09:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xD0352

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

Code size:
825 KB (844,800 bytes)

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