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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:
af88bd83e09678d2220870c94f4dcf03

SHA-1:
e3cd8dbbd174f365f1d6ea4a1cb131e099c71764

SHA-256:
0c4f94a55e92be94ac9e702ea7fec045db19d7575e541020fc5b76c6422c112a

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:
8/17/2025 12:15:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.8

File size:
112.3 KB (114,976 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:
1/21/2014 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:
10/9/2014 3:20:24 PM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x3D1C

Entry point:
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Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

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