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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. 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. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

WebAppTech Coding, LLC (signed by WebAppTech Coding LLC)

Product:

SearchDonkey Service

Version:

1.0.0.0

MD5:

ac96f0b99ea0f7090d95ed39fa511348

SHA-1:

771c0fb8b5be47a1bc35282f0b553843a042c801

SHA-256:

17942e00d830c3a982019ede0b300d90713910ee3445034f05bfdde2c7b9fe61

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:

4/19/2024 11:39:23 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.PullUpdate

7.1.1

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140807

AVG

Downloader

2015.0.3423

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

18030

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.175

9.0.1.0186

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)

8.9622

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/PullUpdate

7/5/2014

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Agent

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SearchDonkey.A

v2014.08.07.05

McAfee

Artemis!FA45E41A1429

5600.7079

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Trojan.Adware.988

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.WebAppTechCoding.T

14.8.7.17

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0327

7.2.186

VIPRE Antivirus

SearchDonkey

27926

File size:

60.4 KB (61,816 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

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 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 5:31:29 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:LLnfTVnTzwCfU3xmLx4w9DaUL3ZWvnbDjC520:LrTVTs2Uhm14w9DaULQnbDj8L

Entry address:

0xEBAE

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, 02, 00, 10, 00, 00, 00, 20, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 38, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8501

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

51 KB (52,224 bytes)

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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