» Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe
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Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch

Spigot, Inc.

This component is part of the Spigot browser add-on, a web browser addition that is designed to modify the core search provider in order to redirect search queries through partner portals. The application Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe, “Toolbar Set Default Search” by Spigot 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 Spigot Setup installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.

File name:

Publisher:

Spigot, Inc. (signed and verified)

Product:

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch

Description:

Toolbar Set Default Search

Version:

4, 5, 0, 2

MD5:

32e7f2181e38c5e9f977d4b69ae8141c

SHA-1:

57b41ef2e9151a0f118f85daa2818603b0a2ecaa

SHA-256:

d937bf0f988619a1c037bc7d1e80747b1bf6ddcbdba282df2c9479acc473c011

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:

4/24/2024 2:25:45 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Spigot (M)

16.10.21.0

File size:

197.3 KB (202,080 bytes)

Product version:

4, 5, 0, 2

Original file name:

Toolbar-SetDefaultSearch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Spigot Setup

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\toolbar-setdefaultsearch.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Spigot, Inc.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/28/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/28/2012 8:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Spigot, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Spigot, Inc.", L=El Granada, 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:

205AA0CBA0AA4891C4AF524CA2EE072C

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/27/2011 4:54:30 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:y4g+Yyc225oGq8HMUoLEX0tsEFrvez7i2:Pg7q8sUoFVr+e2

Entry address:

0x143C6

Entry point:

E8, FA, 4C, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 5D, E9, 6E, F5, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 90, 89, 42, 00, E8, 15, 14, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 5C, F4, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 4C, 26, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 53, 2E, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 21, 14, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 47, 25, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 00, 51, 42, 00, 83, 3D... 
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Code size:

144 KB (147,456 bytes)

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