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Adware-SearchIt.dr

Type
Program
SubType
Dropper
Discovery Date
07/03/2006
Minimum DAT
4798 (07/03/2006)
Updated DAT
4811 (07/20/2006)
Minimum Engine
5.1.00
Description Added
07/03/2006
Description Modified
07/27/2006 4:33 AM (PT)

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Characteristics

McAfee(R) AVERT™ recognizes that this program may have legitimate uses in contexts where an authorized administrator has knowingly installed this application. If you agreed to a license agreement for this, or another bundled application, you may have legal obligations with regard to removing this software, or using the host application without this software. Please contact the software vendor for further information.

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Summary:

This is not a Virus or Trojan.

It is an adware dropper which drops adware related components on the system.

Upon execution it adds “waynet.dll” as Browser Helper Object for the Internet Explorer and installs itself as the toolbar for the Internet explorer as shown below.

Browser Helper Objects are executable files that are loaded when the browser is launched. They can perform various tasks, such as generating extra pop-up ads, monitoring page navigation, etc.

It connects to “wap.tv-[Removed].com” and “natiga.[Removed].org” and makes internet connections in the background without user’s knowledge with “tv-[Removed].com”, “xslt. [Removed].com” and “www.stat[Removed].com”

It changes the search page of the Internet explorer to “natiga.[Removed].org”. While browsing the internet it may pop up advertisements as shown below

Privacy:

No license agreement is displayed during installation, although one could be displayed by another installer if bundled with another application. No Privacy policy related to the software could be found.

Installation:

File name: “E1591D65.EXE”
MD5Hash: “e1591d651868dde4910847bc26fd6cf5”

Following folder is added:

  • %Program Files%\waynet

Following file is added:

  • waynet.dll (Detected as Generic Toolbar.b.dll)

Following registry keys are added:

  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\
    {CAE916D2-880A-4198-BB83-9E9DBD9615DC}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {03022430-ABC4-11D0-BDE2-00AA001A1953}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\
    {618736E0-3C3D-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ToolBand.XBTB02205
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\
    {1EA4DBF0-3C3B-11CF-810C-00AA00389B71}
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
    Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects\
    {47A05BE7-209E-4082-A0B2-0AD950721BB9}

Network Impact

Additional overhead in the bandwidth due to unwanted Internet connections.

Aliases

Aliases

  • Adware.Win32.SearchIt.o (Kaspersky)
  • Adware/Searchit (Fortinet)