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searchvortex.purbrowseg.dll

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchvortex.purbrowseg.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:
1.0.5491.6193

MD5:
ce0ded4616bc733f54a9fa49af6a69bf

SHA-1:
3ba016fddb02d64f56ca54afa6e0cf8df6f937d6

SHA-256:
891f8efb4a04973bc90ee8101ec1b0ab7d66a7a86c266f5569a41ad9eb698217

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 2:31:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.23

File size:
935.7 KB (958,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5491.6193

Original file name:
SearchVortex.PurBrowseG2015011311.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2016 9:59:59 PM

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:
1/13/2015 9:26:32 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xE9DAA

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

Code size:
927.5 KB (949,760 bytes)

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