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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:

2945086337b1ceb2847e61d0c716b0af

SHA-1:

7a1a0fa5d73e9b1408ddabe80ff57d1e9699bb85

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:

4/26/2024 11:57:17 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.PullUpdate

7.1.1

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

2014.9-140718

AVG

Downloader

2015.0.3409

Comodo Security

ApplicUnwnt

18187

Dr.Web

Adware.Plugin.175

9.0.1.0199

ESET NOD32

MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)

8.9936

Fortinet FortiGate

Adware/PullUpdate

7/18/2014

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.Agent

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.SearchDonkey.A

v2014.07.18.11

McAfee

Artemis!FA45E41A1429

5600.7065

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.F47V0328

7.2.199

VIPRE Antivirus

Injekt

30240

File size:

64.4 KB (65,912 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.0

Original file name:

SearchDonkeyService.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Application data\searchdonkey\searchdonkeyservice.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

WebAppTech Coding LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

12/23/2013 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/24/2014 11:59:59 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:

4/24/2014 9:31:28 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

1536:sLnfc6r+N1MOymvpxwE419FaqkZZm1XPwZDBsy:srhrLOyq3P419FaqkMXPwZDN

Entry address:

0xFBBE

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, 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, 01, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.8394

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

55 KB (56,320 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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