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searchmaven.browseradapter64.exe

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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application searchmaven.browseradapter64.exe 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)

MD5:
437c6de5eb47b83481a1e746fd5c0f41

SHA-1:
84b3f9693cd0d08a5d5cdf6f2eb570eb90671f3b

SHA-256:
c9403e6b68ddad1eae9865bebc4c757fdb8cac64d2d0b0554e0c53df5df2664e

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:
6/24/2025 8:17:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.22

File size:
118.7 KB (121,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win64 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search maven\bin\searchmaven.browseradapter64.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
search maven

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=search maven, 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:
57468DE05C8E41954C656D2F33AC8438

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2015 12:50:13 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x49AC

Entry point:
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Code size:
75 KB (76,800 bytes)

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