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dsrsetup.exe

Keep-My-Search LTD

The application dsrsetup.exe by Keep-My-Search has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Yahoo! Search by Pay-By-Ads. This file is typically installed with the program Yahoo! Search by Pay-by-Ads Ltd which is a potentially unwanted software program. While running, it connects to the Internet address NY1WV3438 on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Pay By Ads LTD  (signed by Keep-My-Search LTD)

Version:
1.3.0.0

MD5:
7682896eec2624084731eb8c54c3aee3

SHA-1:
918b466decbb34cc843f207c7b99e6bf67e46b5b

SHA-256:
95c4196b1695853775c3e55078e182dc8b736317b28e6dff37699952f97a2c83

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:36:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
778

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.Montiera
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/Montiera.438016
7.11.201.74

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3256

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
1.0.20.1760

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Montiera (variant)
8.10900

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Montiera
1/16/2015

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor
11.2014-18-12_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Montiera
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.191.14642

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.PayByAds.A
v2014.12.18.11

McAfee
Artemis!7682896EEC26
5600.6884

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Strictor.64185
15.0.0.1056

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Montiera
15.1.16.1

Sophos
PayByAds
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1219
7.2.16

ViRobot
Adware.Agent.438016[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
427.8 KB (438,016 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\pay-by-ads\yahoo! search\1.3.18.5\dsrsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Keep-My-Search LTD

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/7/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/12/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Keep-My-Search LTD, O=Keep-My-Search LTD, L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
087407E453FFF7E46DB51873975E63CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2014 9:42:15 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ar8KeA1Hq8IH3jYJfbfapnfgdkHJJ/8kSCYm/:WLAfgdkpF/S

Entry address:
0x34180

Entry point:
E8, 15, 81, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, B8, DF, CD, 43, 00, A3, C0, 03, 46, 00, C7, 05, C4, 03, 46, 00, D5, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, C8, 03, 46, 00, 89, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, CC, 03, 46, 00, C2, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, D0, 03, 46, 00, 2B, C4, 43, 00, A3, D4, 03, 46, 00, C7, 05, D8, 03, 46, 00, 57, CD, 43, 00, C7, 05, DC, 03, 46, 00, 47, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, E0, 03, 46, 00, A9, C3, 43, 00, C7, 05, E4, 03, 46, 00, 35, C3, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, 96, FF, FF, FF, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 05, E8, 03, 8C, 00, 00, DB...
 
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Entropy:
6.3426

Code size:
296.5 KB (303,616 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Yahoo! Search

Display publisher:
Pay-By-Ads

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\pay-by-ads\yahoo! search\1.3.18.5\dsrsetup.exe" \uninstl


The file dsrsetup.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Yahoo! Search  by Pay-by-Ads Ltd
This is NOT associated with Yahoo. Pay-By-Ads' Yahoo! Search is an adware web browser application that displays banner ads as well as contextual link ads that are injected in the web page.
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ny1wv3280.xglobe.net  (204.145.82.20:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to NY1WV3659  (204.145.82.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to NY1WV3438  (204.145.82.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to NY1WV3561  (204.145.82.26:80)

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