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skisearchuninstall.exe

Ski Search

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application skisearchuninstall.exe by Ski Search has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Ski Search by Ski Search.
Publisher:
Ski Search  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dd911fe91107795bbe4722f51e8c6dbc

SHA-1:
5d2cd3099aed78ec655aa7ff257bed1a979d0344

SHA-256:
603eeaaac772c7fd7242c78ca94a8153f7c6ef0ed2c745b1e027b8be166d1cb7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Belongs to the Sambreel/Yontoo progam that inserts various forms of advertising in the user's web browser, installed with minimal or no user consent.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 7:02:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.9.9

File size:
242.5 KB (248,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ski search\skisearchuninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ski Search

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/11/2015 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ski Search, O=Ski Search, 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:
713F78733FA0D620BA8404F1BD989A22

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 4:22:01 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8598

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Ski Search

Display publisher:
Ski Search

Display version:
2015.07.27.024145

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files\Ski Search\SkiSearchuninstall.exe


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