Analysis by: RonJay Kristoffer Caragay
ALIASES:

SearchSuite (McAfee); Trojan.Semnager (Symantec); not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win64.SearchSuite.d (Kaspersky); Riskware/Toolbar_SearchSuite (Fortinet); Win32.Application.Searchsuite.D (GData); Toolbar.SearchSuite (AVG)

 PLATFORM:

Windows

 OVERALL RISK RATING:
 DAMAGE POTENTIAL:
 DISTRIBUTION POTENTIAL:
 REPORTED INFECTION:
 INFORMATION EXPOSURE:

  • Threat Type: Adware

  • Destructiveness: No

  • Encrypted:

  • In the wild: Yes

  OVERVIEW

This adware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component. It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

It requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.

  TECHNICAL DETAILS

File Size: 19,968 bytes
Initial Samples Received Date: 21 Nov 2014

Arrival Details

This adware may arrive bundled with malware packages as a malware component.

It arrives on a system as a file dropped by other malware or as a file downloaded unknowingly by users when visiting malicious sites.

Installation

This adware adds the following folders:

  • %All Users Profile%\Application Data\Datamngr

(Note: %All Users Profile% is the All Users folder, where it usually is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users on Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP (32- and 64-bit); C:\ProgramData on Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit), Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8 (32- and 64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32- and 64-bit), Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2012.)

Other System Modifications

This adware adds the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Datamngr

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Datamngr\
General

Other Details

This adware requires its main component to successfully perform its intended routine.