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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
WebAppTech Coding, LLC  (signed by WebAppTech Coding LLC)

Product:
SearchDonkey

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
703e4a002eaa05f3a8acf7f4977f50c7

SHA-1:
2058415947820fcaeeab07f41655aaa7993e68ed

SHA-256:
8304e9c10eb772747a7320607613a44c4dfbdefc53042c4584f108f6a6ed64c0

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 10:46:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt (M)
16.12.3.13

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\searchdonkey\searchdonkey.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebAppTech Coding LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/23/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/24/2014 6:59:59 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 2:04:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:N+PRKveObh8bwuSnLZfVE+ebJ2LOIV8G:uKbh8bwTVzekCIV8G

Entry address:
0x948E

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:
4.5100

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

Code size:
29.5 KB (30,208 bytes)

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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