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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 16 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:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
8d14810e17c3685c2d850f63332bf806

SHA-1:
61083ffa841ff279d1d61a3b6be7fbe64a6136e1

SHA-256:
eecc438fa3ee917d4ab0661891396ee93687627d53906f3109bd2310bdc62240

Scanner detections:
16 / 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 6:45:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.SaMon
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140807

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18187

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.173
9.0.1.0186

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
8.9603

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/SaMon
7/5/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11913

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon
14.0.0.3608

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchDonkey.A
v2014.08.07.05

McAfee
Artemis!88FAAAAE68FB
5600.7079

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.fb2
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WebAppTechCoding.M
14.8.7.17

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0328
7.2.186

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.SaMon
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
27776

File size:
147.9 KB (151,416 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

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:
12/24/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/25/2014 5:29:59 AM

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:
3/21/2014 5:31:02 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:luXWuvknxiG8B6JCYuLZfVE+ebJ2LOIasG:Um7xn8B6JDCVzekCIasG

Entry address:
0x972E

Entry point:
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Entropy:
4.5168

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

Code size:
30 KB (30,720 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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