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Search Vortex

This is the installer/setup program for a Yontoo adware component, a web browser plugin that injects unwanted ads in the browser. The application searchvortexuninstall.exe by Search Vortex 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Search Vortex by Search Vortex.
Publisher:
Search Vortex  (signed and verified)

MD5:
58c22149e7ec16fe80b23b6046411a06

SHA-1:
8c2fdd7d0f38df998c9492129c8402bb226bab61

SHA-256:
adaf5548badbc87bb89d0ad69004919f7bf9b71608faad1fc803dfe046eb2b6f

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:
5/23/2024 9:51:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M)
17.3.12.23

File size:
254.3 KB (260,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search vortex\searchvortexuninstall.exe

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:
12/5/2009 8:52:01 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 6F, 44, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 6E, 44, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, 9C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 2E, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, F0, 46, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Search Vortex

Display publisher:
Search Vortex

Display version:
2014.12.16.102104

Uninstall string:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Search Vortex\SearchVortexuninstall.exe


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