home

SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll

Search Vortex

This is the Internet Explorer add-on for the Yontoo Search Vortex branded web browser plugin (injects banner, text-link and popup ads). The component is responisble for registering the Browser Helper Object into IE and keeping it registered. The module SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll by Search Vortex has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Search Vortex  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.5420.19464

MD5:
4f1f6b8a42d7d2a8f181d2132b86b048

SHA-1:
e805d3113759c041c8e0ee778f3f60c116c8b630

SHA-256:
c6a05436db3797b9d5fe7ec00c8767d5aaa9a76512e8c3609c1db2ca41570b25

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Part of the Yontoo distributed ad-supported web browser add-on for Internet Explorer.

Analysis date:
5/23/2024 10:19:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo (M)
17.3.13.22

File size:
655.2 KB (670,968 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5420.19464

Original file name:
SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\bin\plugins\searchvortex.ieupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Vortex

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/2/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/12/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Search Vortex, O=Search Vortex, 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:
71476B8D983F107DED3C6D8A73EF8C77

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/3/2014 4:48:54 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0xA39A2

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 71, 00, 00, 00, E4, 39, 0A, 00, E4, 1B, 0A, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, 71, 57, 24, 4C, 43, 55, 53, 4E, 9A, EB, CA, F4, C2, A3, 53, CC, 01, 00, 00, 00, 44, 3A, 5C, 55, 74, 69, 6C, 69, 74, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 72, 73, 33, 72, 78, 71, 35, 35, 2E, 6A, 67, 64, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B, 74, 6F, 70, 5C, 44, 65, 73, 6B...
 
[+]

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

Code size:
647 KB (662,528 bytes)

Remove SearchVortex.IEUpdate.dll - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.