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utilsearchmaven.exe

search maven

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

Version:
1.0.5440.648

MD5:
6bae0636cefd0576abda8befddfda728

SHA-1:
7cd6ba6a6ffdce7eda724f5176b4fbc45b0c9123

SHA-256:
365593346833f57172e37272c1037ea2fef74dad9cd404ee92244d60d743c7a0

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:
6/25/2025 10:12:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.4.22

File size:
413.3 KB (423,200 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5440.648

Original file name:
searchmaven2014112308.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search maven\bin\utilsearchmaven.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
search maven

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=search maven, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, 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:
7BCA3E790A2366A093345228DAE76C60

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/23/2014 6:21:37 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x6714E

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

Code size:
404.5 KB (414,208 bytes)

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