searchmaven.CompatibilityChecker.dll

search maven

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchmaven.CompatibilityChecker.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:
406e2c70a4e61d02ca7965af144ef175

SHA-1:
69eecd50be88989dab4ae6646d799b96f4d37dbc

SHA-256:
7c22727295ee4f51b2b17db3bbc15cce6cff53c4f5baa9997a9e7e1765e25a73

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 6:26:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.8

File size:
62.3 KB (63,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5394.39520

Original file name:
searchmaven.CompatibilityChecker.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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 7:57:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xF7A2

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

Code size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

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