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searchvortex.dll

Search Vortex

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The module searchvortex.dll by Search Vortex has been detected as adware by 31 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from install-cdn.searchvortex.info.
Publisher:
Search Vortex  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search Vortex

Version:
1.0.0.7

MD5:
a47992da962c50708b325add89e951cc

SHA-1:
20aff334997597c4556257ff2e3eb8571ba239ba

SHA-256:
e8c1b98950d21dbd87ba00650b6434730e6480ba64d9a61690574a576b21464c

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Analysis date:
6/13/2024 8:20:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
698

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2
7.11.214.232

avast!
Win32:BrowseFox-ID [PUP]
2014.9-150308

AVG
BrowseFox
2016.0.3176

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.BrowseFox
4.0.3.1538

Bitdefender
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
1.0.20.335

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Browsefox-356
0.98/21511

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM
20758

Dr.Web
Trojan.Yontoo.1016
9.0.1.067

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
8.15.03.08.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11287

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/BrowseFox
3/8/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-9c4b2ea6
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
11.2015-08-03_1

G Data
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of searchvortexbho.dll (Adware)
2015.6.15.2

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BrowseFox
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.202.15563

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchVortex.A
v2015.03.08.09

McAfee
Artemis!A47992DA962C
5600.6832

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
16.0.0.201

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo
0.30.0.296

nProtect
Adware.BrowseFox.BJ
15.04.10.01

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo
15.3.8.21

Sophos
Generic PUA CA
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.MSIL.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo
39248

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.65002
2.0.0.2091

File size:
262.7 KB (269,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.7

Copyright:
(c) Search Vortex. All rights reserved.

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\dj8c82j1\searchvortex.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2016 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:
6378D12A74B139F75511F7798DF77B19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/7/2015 7:08:07 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Wc6e0IfEbUppVqU+kB3hh+4EF63wY+hM9ZKT+KKlKcEaM:Wc6e05GpVek3PdF9ZAKJjM

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, 6C, 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...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
159 KB (162,816 bytes)

The file searchvortex.dll has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://install-cdn.searchvortex.info/bed?r=2015030719&bet=3

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