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SearchDonkeyService.exe

SearchDonkey Service

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 as well as modify the computer’s system settings that control applications to run on startup. Part of the Injekt brand of unwanted programs. The application SearchDonkeyService.exe by WebAppTech Coding has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “SearchDonkey”. This file is typically installed with the program SearchDonkey by WebAppTech Coding, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
WebAppTech Coding, LLC  (signed by WebAppTech Coding LLC)

Product:
SearchDonkey Service

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
5034819e0d9930b8d10696090cab0b67

SHA-1:
768e5963108f595390073390d0693b7646714fc0

SHA-256:
7a22d06f0b391a8f5e218770ca23108bffdb8bf355f985796e3049ff210af922

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/27/2024 3:54:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-160118

AVG
Downloader
2017.0.2861

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
18084

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.175
9.0.1.018

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
10.9597

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
1/18/2016

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchDonkey.A
v2016.01.18.12

McAfee
Artemis!FA45E41A1429
5600.6517

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Injekt.WebAppTechCoding (M)
16.1.18.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0326
7.2.18

VIPRE Antivirus
SearchDonkey
27754

File size:
53.4 KB (54,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © WebAppTech Coding, LLC 2014

Original file name:
SearchDonkeyService.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\searchdonkey\searchdonkeyservice.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WebAppTech Coding LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/24/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/25/2014 12:59:59 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:
2/13/2014 8:05:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:KZzGxHiByArQogDLcv6N4q1/0EBV4XJL6gGzZw/S:KlGxHiByArQ3X46/J4XJL6gG0S

Entry address:
0xCE9E

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...
 
[+]

Entropy:
5.8907

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

Code size:
44 KB (45,056 bytes)

Service
Display name:
SearchDonkey

Description:
Provides system level support for SearchDonkey.

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


The file SearchDonkeyService.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 communications in live environments.

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-112-218-190.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (50.112.218.190:80)

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