search maven

Publisher Information

search maven is a brand of the Sambreel/Yontoo group, a web advertising company located in Carlsbad, CA. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. It is part of the Yontoo/Sambreel group and distributes web browser add-ons, typically potentially unwanted and adware in nature, that are designed to modify a user's typical search beahvior as well as display context and popup advertising. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
3/5/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=search maven, O=search maven, 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:
57468de05c8e41954c656d2f33ac8438

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

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Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M), PUP.Yontoo (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmavensetup.exe  (b08c04db3e088e7f0c108b0561433883)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{5834e5e8-13a6-4ab7-8f66-0373afa3363a}gw.sys (StdLib)  (a73e096121068b429607ef0acfc29a7d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.expextdll.dll  (f920408821825f02298430efd0dbb85b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.browseradapter64.exe  (437c6de5eb47b83481a1e746fd5c0f41)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.browseradapter.exe  (c1c90f4aaaa16af9cca40a12cb09f1aa)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{3b44bd67-eab3-4854-a0a9-a267a7891809}w64.sys (StdLib)  (d6eda4b6a1984e6a667307dbe1a4a1e4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{920cb55b-4327-4549-a3e6-ca3d636703df}gw64.sys (StdLib)  (6af914098739acac730c657918da1b97)

1 / 68      (Adware)
maintainer.bak  (db9a5dec0b01885fe74595b67a8e84d4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.purbrowseg.dll  (4305a46063c07bccbd9654be726dc001)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.findlib.dll  (7f339e607405646a52f4e41d1164464d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.ffupdate.dll  (50b3a6bebd27b9d32bff91a77804a744)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.expext.dll  (67876f7d72040b96528f30360099624f)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.compatibilitychecker.dll  (204a25cddd4ca363ac2052e82cd40856)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.browseradapter.dll  (054de74c18a4dbafbd93f75527a4abe6)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.purbrowse.exe  (6c12ae2d3b6bf102ad31017667bfb514)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.expextdll.dll  (eb20df64c3568daa46639c74db5216f2)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.expext.exe  (597767f014a1dbee2359fc43cadd18c4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.browseradapter64.exe  (a8c3c909da378b74d1a6733d8d908c54)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchmaven.browseradapter.exe  (b6c297dd45da1ecb6da45604ed094f60)

1 / 68      (Adware)
d8fa64.dll (by TODO: <Company name>)  (f4862566f6f4a70cab345dd658ec9b06)

1 / 68      (Adware)
d8fa.dll (by TODO: <Company name>)  (6e9d9ea5f49c960dc0c373b776efa9c9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
920cb55b4364.dll  (93813ca6cb1203b94aa5a1afb9114318)

1 / 68      (Adware)
920cb55b43.dll  (57978f0150f1d22d42f2eb8b0761ae1b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
920c64.dll (by TODO: <Company name>)  (21a103fc7c11a3df5b1c4133e5e137d8)

1 / 68      (Adware)
920c.dll (by TODO: <Company name>)  (879b6eb69d109bc97ac45e4f2880ee3b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
8ad8c32136cc47c4a8a564.dll  (dd0a249aa9bb85ae6bdaefb3eda62353)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
8ad8c32136cc47c4a8a5.dll  (83678d417f269f57a6aafd4cf7af000d)

1 / 68      (Adware)

 
Latest 30 of 4,167 files

The following certificate is also signed by search maven.

7BCA3E790A2366A093345228DAE76C60  (Jan 21, 2014 to Jan 22, 2015)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to search maven by VeriSign, Inc. on January 04, 2015 with the serial number '57468de05c8e41954c656d2f33ac8438'.