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Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchmaven.findlib.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:
1.0.5874.25919

MD5:
7f339e607405646a52f4e41d1164464d

SHA-1:
359c90c9dc75cea2af15bedb673652c503d05334

SHA-256:
9c836e001653076f699b8c9952726d9377dcf00c9734966ab1fadbce486fb813

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 8:11:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.14.7

File size:
1.3 MB (1,338,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5874.25919

Original file name:
2016013122.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search maven\bin\plugins\searchmaven.findlib.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:
1/31/2016 8:24:05 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x146846

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

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,329,664 bytes)

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