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searchmaven.expext.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.expext.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:
1.0.5874.36733

MD5:
67876f7d72040b96528f30360099624f

SHA-1:
33508de6e24b81e429eeb8ef79801cd1b80e63d6

SHA-256:
56e75435411c9dfa210228faa0d678612777d0a89652a4b641aba7aa45c20adf

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 8:16:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
709.2 KB (726,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5874.36733

Original file name:
2016020104.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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:
2/1/2016 2:24:31 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xB1392

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

Code size:
701 KB (717,824 bytes)

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