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searchmaven.Bromon.dll

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchmaven.Bromon.dll by search maven has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
search maven  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5394.39520

MD5:
eddaa283f8f101f08fa223859e3da494

SHA-1:
d76eb924f80d9d437e50aa9a6496c9304ed8b0e5

SHA-256:
0ceb662bb7ab93f20bc847ef1f3062cce592a4c8f1b17ee8f23235fe0438fd99

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
6/25/2025 5:14:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.8

File size:
63.8 KB (65,312 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5394.39520

Original file name:
searchmaven.Bromon.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search maven\bin\plugins\searchmaven.bromon.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
search maven

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=search maven, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=search maven, L=San Diego, S=California, 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:
7BCA3E790A2366A093345228DAE76C60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2014 7:57:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xFDC2

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

Code size:
55.5 KB (56,832 bytes)

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