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YSearchUtilSvc.exe

Yahoo Search Util

Yahoo Inc.

The application YSearchUtilSvc.exe by Yahoo has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Yahoo Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Yahoo Search Util

Description:
YSearchUtilSvc

Version:
1, 0, 0, 71

MD5:
baac716dbf6c0865f20be55a614f1c72

SHA-1:
beafc34eb21cd4c2bd2922008e4e4feb2154c2de

SHA-256:
261e15ef8405132cab60b4a720ba31f5217366f93211af068df1789cbbed770e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/9/2025 5:30:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Search.Yahoo
17.2.24.10

File size:
27.9 MB (29,229,520 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 71

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
YSearchUtilSvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\yahoo!\yset\{0aa5332d-9e58-924e-8a54-b786c263ee22}\ysearchutilsvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Yahoo Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/2/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
9/3/2018 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Yahoo Inc., OU=Search Products, O=Yahoo Inc., L=Sunnyvale, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
312C33063C6A99AC535D8A8343B93D2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2015 12:04:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xA8F6

Entry point:
E8, 92, 67, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 24, 39, 42, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, FC, 67, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 5F, C3, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
0.0694

Code size:
95.5 KB (97,792 bytes)

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