home

searchmavenbho.dll

search maven

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchmavenbho.dll by search maven has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘search maven 1.0.0.7’. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
search maven  (signed and verified)

Product:
search maven

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
218cad3ce7e90377476e2b97f2a8ded1

SHA-1:
d06eff4297b02a906838ac348f5f07933c16fa61

SHA-256:
d80d7dfdee7bb3672269ca578dde2c5b5b4864da46916dc571edd4b6e90167cf

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

Analysis date:
6/24/2025 7:54:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.214.168

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3177

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1538

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1016
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11285

F-Prot
W32/S-f64f6ec1
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of browsergoodbho.dll (Adware)
2015.6.14.13

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.200.15196

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchMaven.A
v2015.03.08.05

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BHO.Yontoo
15.3.8.5

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4741131
37788

File size:
262.7 KB (269,040 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) search maven. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search maven\searchmavenbho.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:
3/7/2015 2:09:56 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:emiYckIqEbUViVqUsVNXBB+/nFK3wY+fx9ZKTJhbwBcEgH:emiYckwiiVMrXFdu9ZSkm/

Entry address:
0xF515

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, EA, 7E, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, E8, 07, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, D8, 21, 03, 10, E8, 4C, 02, 00, 00, 33, C0, 40, 8B, 75, 0C, 85, F6, 75, 0C, 39, 35, 4C, 77, 03, 10, 0F, 84, E4, 00, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, 83, FE, 01, 74, 05, 83, FE, 02, 75, 35, 8B, 0D, C4, 93, 02, 10, 85, C9, 74, 0C, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, FF, D1, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 0F, 84, B1, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, 56, FF, 75, 08, E8, 11, FE, FF, FF, 89, 45, E4...
 
[+]

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
search maven 1.0.0.7

CLSID:
{5996b4a3-5007-4a35-bfd3-70bd47abd749}


Remove searchmavenbho.dll - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.