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utilsearchfoot.exe

SearchFoot

Part of the Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application utilsearchfoot.exe by SearchFoot has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
SearchFoot  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5388.8975

MD5:
738afba3415cff41d2dac5aab0f9333a

SHA-1:
1ef7f6afb7eeb19b00b764f38c6ec4a4833a87a0

SHA-256:
2fd86ea6146ffae1f9bc9056cbeb4f99efbe2e53731d375aa352a5a17939aed6

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:
4/18/2024 12:31:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.8.13

File size:
510.3 KB (522,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5388.8975

Original file name:
SearchFoot.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchfoot\bin\utilsearchfoot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SearchFoot

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/21/2014 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/22/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SearchFoot, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SearchFoot, 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:
5F02DE54EB4BED008713866AAA6070E0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/2/2014 9:59:15 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x7F36E

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

Code size:
501.5 KB (513,536 bytes)

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