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SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll

Search Vortex

This is the Internet Explorer add-on for the Yontoo Search Vortex branded web browser plugin (injects banner, text-link and popup ads). The component is responisble for registering the Browser Helper Object into IE and keeping it registered. The module SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll by Search Vortex has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Search Vortex  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5380.36005

MD5:
660ea604195a01b86d0b757c1fbdc808

SHA-1:
7d59e18890c1d43c6da2b776b203c2554ea4133b

SHA-256:
8289824cb2dacd20a965670aca663c333159b89f869ff918d17a5dbd477a84ed

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser add-on for Internet Explorer.

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 12:44:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.2.24.22

File size:
533.3 KB (546,088 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5380.36005

Original file name:
SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\bin\plugins\searchvortex.ieupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2014 10:00:00 PM

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

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
14D448982B01DF7BA0C15573F03A229C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/24/2014 6:00:19 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x85286

Entry point:
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
525 KB (537,600 bytes)

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