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SearchSettings.exe

Search Settings

Vendio Services, Inc.

The executable SearchSettings.exe, “Search Settings application” has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SearchSettings’.
Publisher:
Vendio Services, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search Settings

Description:
Search Settings application

Version:
1, 0, 0, 10

MD5:
c4848bc81e20378292f18407f4796c5e

SHA-1:
a1cca4d7cd9960b3f7e71b0e003dae16dd348997

SHA-256:
7b4a2d45d7d3714f23e30683b847d51ac1f7cdacf7d733596e964ed0ec0e8232

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 2:31:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.7.21.11

File size:
1 MB (1,066,336 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 10

Copyright:
Copyright © 2007 Vendio Services, Inc.

Original file name:
SearchSettings.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vendio Services, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/5/2006 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/20/2009 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Vendio Services, Inc.", OU=Vendio, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Vendio Services, Inc.", L=San Bruno, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
366545AB811C68080611D7A12B54D5E7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2007 11:38:25 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ziTIrV7B+/uwqbtRNN8cEPTmlb1j7TYfWf6:mTIJ7B+/9qRlZH4

Entry address:
0x8171C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 38, B4, 48, 00, 68, C8, 19, 48, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, 5F, 57, FF, 15, 80, A4, 48, 00, 59, 83, 0D, B8, 2E, 50, 00, FF, 83, 0D, BC, 2E, 50, 00, FF, FF, 15, 7C, A4, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, B0, 2E, 50, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 78, A4, 48, 00, 8B, 0D, AC, 2E, 50, 00, 89, 08, A1, 74, A4, 48, 00, 8B, 00, A3, B4, 2E, 50, 00, E8, 6E, 02, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 28, 1D, 50, 00, 75, 0C, 68, F8, 19, 48, 00, FF, 15...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
546.5 KB (559,616 bytes)

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

Name:
SearchSettings

Command:
C:\Program Files\search settings\searchsettings.exe


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