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BuzzSearch.GCUpdate.dll

BuzzSearch

This is the Google Chrome extension manager/updater for the Yontoo BuzzSearch branded web browser plugin which injects banners, text-link and popup ads in the Chorme browser. The module BuzzSearch.GCUpdate.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:
1.0.5210.22375

MD5:
0e42a753bbc2e11407b686849129022f

SHA-1:
9c229a2b4facf5960ef327ba1acda8d82969293a

SHA-256:
3f17183a22eba4ca048ebc81cf6408278f058ff31ada46a154d25dc7c11e94b5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser extension for Chrome.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 12:52:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.BuzzSearch (M)
16.1.2.8

File size:
449.3 KB (460,064 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5210.22375

Original file name:
BuzzSearch.GCUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
BuzzSearch

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/6/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/7/2014 6:59:59 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:
4/7/2014 9:26:00 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zv9VhxBsAusujjlD/FmE9SZ9IKT0/WCVx0UTTyuyUSzBm7q37BoPdBhCANbg8Tfp:zVVhxxu1s4SZl0eCVvT7yH3Sbfp

Entry address:
0x70272

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:
7.6753

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

Code size:
441 KB (451,584 bytes)

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