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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 9 anti-malware scanners. 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:
5, 0, 0, 6

MD5:
91b3cd7595274b90c253b74057920811

SHA-1:
f0a91c31e08fb872df3ade95051809b97cbd1216

SHA-256:
596e51318b4ce2d93c262d99df81a44458b1bbda30d8d45238515ecbc61b6596

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/2/2026 10:04:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Adware
7.1.1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Widgi
4.0.3.1487

Boost by Reason
Optional.Startup.Spigot.O
188838

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
15770

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Win32.Toolbar.Dealio.AMN
8.14.01.14.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Widgi (variant)
8.8180

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.Spigot.O
14.8.7.21

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Toolbar-Dealio
10845

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0722
7.2.14

File size:
912.3 KB (934,240 bytes)

Product version:
5, 0, 0, 6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2005-2012 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 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/28/2012 4:59:59 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:
2/6/2012 7:52:10 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Id8w5fTCx0oGVZkpfoScf5bikdUppeCJq0ZcxkllgRtZ3SlFdwtYqc3hC6:pw0xbk+pQFikIsknOtZs0Yhg6

Entry address:
0x6E1D9

Entry point:
E8, A7, 03, 00, 00, E9, 37, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 88, 63, 47, 00, FF, 25, 8C, 63, 47, 00, FF, 25, DC, 63, 47, 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, 60, 33, 49, 00, 89, 0D, 5C, 33, 49, 00, 89, 15, 58, 33, 49, 00, 89, 1D, 54, 33, 49, 00, 89, 35, 50, 33, 49, 00, 89...
 
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Entropy:
5.7723

Code size:
468 KB (479,232 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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