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SearchSettings.exe

Widgi Toolbar

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application SearchSettings.exe by Spigot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SearchSettings’.
Publisher:
Spigot, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Widgi Toolbar

Description:
Search Settings

Version:
4, 4, 0, 1

MD5:
4464ef1a84ed7b1968a49efc410954a7

SHA-1:
6406ca5d69a60fd178cb03b7d95a5cef07e0671e

SHA-256:
5efaa41698ce220ec1fbf80d1f1b0aef58dead764afe63575079e48678511a7b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:31:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Spigot (M)
16.7.18.22

File size:
519.8 KB (532,320 bytes)

Product version:
4, 4, 0, 1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2011 Spigot, Inc.

Original file name:
SearchSettings.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spigot, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/28/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/28/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Spigot, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Spigot, Inc.", L=El Granada, 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:
205AA0CBA0AA4891C4AF524CA2EE072C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/27/2011 4:54:23 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:El0wIVHRyXKiz6dzn3WJRcrtV28BbuYt98m8FnfJUHNxOD8HzVmi:a01HRyXKpnyRcrWJfFnRUtHHBmi

Entry address:
0x24429

Entry point:
E8, AA, 03, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 0C, A3, 42, 00, FF, 25, 10, A3, 42, 00, FF, 25, 2C, A3, 42, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 0A, FB, FF, FF, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, F4, FA, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, B8, B7, 43, 00, 89, 0D, B4, B7, 43, 00, 89, 15, B0, B7, 43, 00, 89, 1D, AC, B7, 43, 00, 89, 35, A8, B7, 43, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
4.7925

Code size:
163.5 KB (167,424 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SearchSettings

Command:
"C:\Program Files\common files\spigot\search settings\searchsettings.exe"


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