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SearchDonkey.exe

SearchDonkey

WebAppTech Coding LLC

This is part of an adware program designed to inject advertising in the web browser (banners, text-links) as well as modify the normal behavior of the browser. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application SearchDonkey.exe by WebAppTech Coding has been detected as adware by 32 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program SearchDonkey by WebAppTech Coding, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
WebAppTech Coding, LLC  (signed by WebAppTech Coding LLC)

Product:
SearchDonkey

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
3d3fecca92957518ef3ab9a36cff9981

SHA-1:
09a373a28dbb277ef7904cebdfd894d79473a86c

SHA-256:
f5b37b0f6b5d776762c691a15e91571da6b241de83ec7b59a3d3a7733213813d

Scanner detections:
32 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects display ads (banner ads), in-text ads, interstitial ads, or other types of ads in the web browser as well as alters the browsers settings (home page, search, DNS, and security protocols).

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:12:02 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SaMon
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.169.142

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141115

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19330

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.175
9.0.1.0319

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
8.10322

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SaMon
11/15/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11913

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.2941

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A
v2014.11.15.06

McAfee
Artemis!88FAAAAE68FB
5600.6945

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.24a
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebAppTechCoding.M
14.11.15.18

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0612
7.2.319

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Injekt
32584

File size:
147.4 KB (150,904 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © WebAppTech Coding, LLC 2014

Original file name:
SearchDonkey.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\application data\searchdonkey\searchdonkey.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebAppTech Coding LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/24/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/24/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WebAppTech Coding LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WebAppTech Coding LLC, L=Grandville, S=Michigan, 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:
1A6411A4888DF6223DF9C572F9BE2E96

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/13/2014 7:04:34 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:S+PRKveObh8bwWSNLZfVE+ebJ2LOIV8G:BKbh8bwdVzekCIV8G

Entry address:
0x948E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
4.5096

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

Code size:
29.5 KB (30,208 bytes)

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

SearchDonkey  by WebAppTech Coding, LLC
Search Donkey is a potentially unwanted application that plugs into a user's web browser distributed by Western Web Applications, LLC. It bundles as well as includes various advertising schemes such as contextual links, popovers and popunders.
www.searchdonkeyapp.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-10-180-179.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.10.180.179:80)

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