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utilbuzzsearch.exe

BuzzSearch

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilbuzzsearch.exe by BuzzSearch has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Util BuzzSearch”. This file is typically installed with the program BuzzSearch 2013.11.07.232809 by Yontoo Technology, Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

utilbuzzsearch.exe

Publisher:

BuzzSearch (signed and verified)

Version:

1.0.5210.22345

MD5:

f28dc5b1e870e8d4f4888d30d9785435

SHA-1:

18fb0b3c3bc75fccaa0eaa8df2be9fc5c77bf2d1

SHA-256:

4fc2fca53c7b7e6591a1ffcd74f9c286059f7a5522d51dd28105b09de68f9768

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:

5/8/2024 7:05:50 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Yontoo (M)

16.8.8.15

File size:

342.3 KB (350,496 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5210.22345

Original file name:

BuzzSearch.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\buzzsearch\bin\utilbuzzsearch.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

BuzzSearch

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

11/6/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:

11/7/2014 9:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=BuzzSearch, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=BuzzSearch, 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:

04E8478F4E7A77520D661585F56C13E0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/7/2014 10:25:05 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows Console

Linker version:

8.0

.NET CLR dependent:

Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:Yca5C4F+6QYcLq41VWvJeVzN+FNQy2VON5ZGWya8cgvZkFOp4cLbUblq:Yca5AqfkSDgBka4l4

Entry address:

0x55586

Entry point:

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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:

333.5 KB (341,504 bytes)

Service

Display name:

Util BuzzSearch

Type:

Win32OwnProcess

The file utilbuzzsearch.exe has been discovered within the following program.

BuzzSearch 2013.11.07.232809 by Yontoo Technology, Inc.

BuzzSearch is a web browser extension that will integrate itself into Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

mybuzzsearch.com/support

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