searchvortexun.exe

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application searchvortexun.exe 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:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
090105de14cefa7292245dcdb83d9221

SHA-1:
822ba2ddd57a5daf68b7c2ab3e854f907b41b09a

SHA-256:
c06c5676a48957b732b5366e1b05107b772b0c4cd36d33c73edd0549daa440bc

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 2:33:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.15.12

File size:
569.7 KB (583,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
Search Vortex Uninstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\searchvortexun.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
4/11/2015 6:51:22 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x8C70D

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

Code size:
554 KB (567,296 bytes)

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