Search Vortex

Publisher Information

Search Vortex is a brand of the Sambreel/Yontoo group, a web advertising company located in Carlsbad, CA. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. It is part of the Yontoo/Sambreel group and distributes web browser add-ons, typically potentially unwanted and adware in nature, that are designed to modify a user's typical search beahvior as well as display context and popup advertising. Thre are 2 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/4/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/4/2016 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:
6378d12a74b139f75511f7798df77b19

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Yontoo (M), Adware.Yontoo (M)
100.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.browseradapter64.exe  (2771a7e129e4c373730616dee2c16968)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.browseradapter.exe  (94d02e54c08c44c426e1f5ca78a6a1e0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
maintainer.bak  (1339f92b4305e007e7621af56c3be713)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.purbrowseg.dll  (ce0ded4616bc733f54a9fa49af6a69bf)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.purbrowse64.exe  (542da4d1be635b9ba684bc8083b6e3ba)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.expext.exe  (96c8600bdd03b25f0920cd8ecd844d6c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortexun.exe  (090105de14cefa7292245dcdb83d9221)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{f84c9169-b209-4b1d-b67a-b40e03986206}t.sys (StdLib)  (c76c4fc191de609721079c539d82f742)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{89e6f757-0ad4-42fd-8d30-6b4e1c23bd10}t.sys (StdLib)  (c2faf3693873b97d7bfdbda016546950)

1 / 68      (Adware)
plugin.exe  (7ffb91daf73a002ba3d30aebd4042eb3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
dl  (08fe73b1037357848c7c2cf8b158183c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
appmgr.bak  (0b302bbfb253cc6dc3593cc35bbc4516)

1 / 68      (Adware)
maintainer.bak  (5fd5d7b84268c86ac5b2ddb64c94794b)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.gcupdate.dll  (f677e1f87ad1f7459d12c6b16db0c8ad)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.expext.dll  (9646c2524c2215b8f2b5b8b5dade8b1e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.browseradapter.dll  (d6128aedb17e074e803dc62e7e5b42af)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.purbrowse.exe  (5cf11043227db7811e6de88b04436a09)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.expextdll.dll  (aee9ccb7ee0d5f54d7005f5fe9487b5c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.expext.exe  (fafb7e2cd9f52cd1c0fc78119304af1d)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.purbrowseg.dll  (a3d3b063ce4ff13c6242a6f9be9c2feb)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.gcupdate.dll  (db1bf9caac47e794c78030b0a2c1176e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.ffupdate.dll  (bde66e4673894efd638848ef9d6d97d9)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.expext.dll  (eeeb269e5a3e71a59a59fd23f50d7966)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.compatibilitychecker.dll  (b7053a9850c70e9728d05cb1882a8314)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.browseradapter.dll  (7ffa5ff39cb7cf749785ebe5d3461ca4)

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
updatesearchvortex.exe  (0d10e3b44ee62c8af309cce6c38ce627)

1 / 68      (Adware)
{f6975fb1-27ed-4d24-8a4f-9a0cccc99313}gw64.sys (StdLib)  (f8326203f4aa76a9893f4bfc426ed23a)

1 / 68      (Adware)
vcpqhjk8uck6dgz73fhvxlwvcpqhjk8uck6dgz73fhvxlw_t3.exe  (4a257d57a0457e8471a6be128eecf0ed)

1 / 68      (Adware)
searchvortex.repmon.dll  (64e69ef34fe83e1617fcfbe1b08b6a99)

 
Latest 30 of 7,630 files

The certificates below are also signed by Search Vortex.

14D448982B01DF7BA0C15573F03A229C  (Jan 11, 2014 to Jan 12, 2015)

71476B8D983F107DED3C6D8A73EF8C77  (Oct 02, 2014 to Jan 12, 2015)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Search Vortex by VeriSign, Inc. on January 04, 2015 with the serial number '6378d12a74b139f75511f7798df77b19'.