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searchvortex.boashelper.exe

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application searchvortex.boashelper.exe by Search Vortex has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. 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 Vortex  (signed and verified)

MD5:
afacb77a414731854622a9930de32180

SHA-1:
fd07b35d1e694ae2eea8b8e1e1ac7a23e388c25c

SHA-256:
08dc6b0194f8a1d7e96f29088437278347c6ff1736b6f58efa4732b9dcf9194e

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 2:02:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
838

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.BrowseFox
2014.10.20

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3316

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.141019

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
1.0.20.1460

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
8.14.10.19.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox (variant)
8.10587

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
11.2014-19-10_1

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
14.10.24

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134
15.0.0.876

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.dgfdla
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchVortex.W
14.10.19.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
34078

File size:
1.6 MB (1,649,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\bin\searchvortex.boashelper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, O=Search Vortex, 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:
71476B8D983F107DED3C6D8A73EF8C77

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/18/2014 11:42:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Yww5uvyWLtpppniW/p8RCZqlBrHbYaLfblxc+NX9rcpnfa5Xa8C:Zy8ppAW/pSCZqlBrHbXLTZXSpnfacH

Entry address:
0xF6B5B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 84, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, 94, E1, 56, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F8, 77, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 42, 76, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 81, 28, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 94, E1, 56, 00, FF, 15, 2C, F2, 51, 00, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, E0, E9, 56, 00, 74, 0D, 53, E8, 0F, 85, 00, 00, 59, 85, C0, 75, A9, EB, 07, E8, 47, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 30, E8, 40, 0C, 00, 00, 89...
 
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Code size:
1.1 MB (1,171,456 bytes)

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