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BuzzSearch.ExtChecker.dll

BuzzSearch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module BuzzSearch.ExtChecker.dll by BuzzSearch has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
BuzzSearch  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5078.25323

MD5:
1af02a61cdc246eb7f4ded8b44db0989

SHA-1:
1ad442afe6947ee422d18aa58a01c43f9b96b18b

SHA-256:
7a300f38104e488deb75793bd168d6062047f45ca88f16c4ae53719980907291

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:
4/27/2024 3:24:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
16.9.16.11

File size:
429.8 KB (440,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5078.25323

Original file name:
BuzzSearch.ExtChecker.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\buzzsearch\bin\plugins\buzzsearch.extchecker.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BuzzSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=BuzzSearch, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BuzzSearch, 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:
04E8478F4E7A77520D661585F56C13E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2013 8:04:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:UYklnmsXg5gcCtJCMndE+CFupGUAc3iFxce8uSLfcDaROWwrz9O1QBtSd9:3klnmsXg6K1Y/AcsdUbvU9M9

Entry address:
0x6B562

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7252

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

Code size:
421.5 KB (431,616 bytes)

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