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SearchAssist.dll

SearchAssist

Secure Download

The module SearchAssist.dll by Secure Download has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Default Company  (signed by Secure Download)

Product:
SearchAssist

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
60f4923f67e033ee496cf98e4ec8d7e8

SHA-1:
27c6e9da9ae88e7b9870949e928cb65a311190c7

SHA-256:
a2f98c55aded83443f6993544d9369c04bc957485d507a06a63e7ec5583dfc4e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:54:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AVSoftware EOOD.SecureDownload (M)
16.2.4.5

File size:
21.3 KB (21,832 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Original file name:
SearchAssist.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchassist.me\ie\searchassist.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Download

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/1/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secure Download, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Secure Download, L=Varna, S=Varna, C=BG

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:
33603C68EE7C09737EB44A0122AD5A1D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/6/2014 8:40:04 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
384:9wvB96uDa96uDJLdD9crrJobozqwCTWsda3Zw3lmSnYPLTlR/eMTX:9Mk5dD9crebojU6ZOxORX

Entry address:
0x496E

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:
5.8066

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

Code size:
10.5 KB (10,752 bytes)

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