Search Results LLC
Posted: March 4, 2013
Threat Metric
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Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.
Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
Ranking: | 2,913 |
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Threat Level: | 5/10 |
Infected PCs: | 399,323 |
First Seen: | March 4, 2013 |
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Last Seen: | October 15, 2023 |
OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Search Results LLC or Default Tab is an adware program that hijacks your search engine to redirect you to results that include extra advertisements. Because Search Results LLC has a history, like many other adware applications, for resisting being removed by the usual means, you shouldn't hesitate to use a trustworthy anti-malware application to delete Search Results LLC and return your browser back to normal.
While there aren't signs of Search Results LLC's results including drive-by-downloads, phishing attacks or other types of harmful content, Search Results LLC may include an excessive amount of advertisements – and doesn't provide uniquely-relevant results, in any case.
After a few searches with Search Results LLC, it shouldn't take long to most people realize the above facts, but Search Results LLC appears to have implemented safeguards against its PC users avoiding its search services. Search Results LLC's add-on may replace your default search engine and not allow you to change your settings to reverse the modification. Search Results LLC is unusually stubborn during uninstallation and may refuse to be removed via the Windows Control Panel or any other methods that would delete normal applications from your computer.
How to Get Your Results the Way You Want Them
Since Search Results LLC changes your browser's settings in negative ways but doesn't make any attempts to expose you to dangerous web content, Search Results LLC only can be considered a low-level threat to your PC's safety. To keep your chances of being redirected to undesirable websites, SpywareRemove.com malware researchers advise you to keep your browser updated, use strong security settings and avoid downloads from sites that you don't trust.
Putting an end to Search Results LLC's redirects requires the complete removal of Search Results LLC's adware add-on. However, while normal program removal techniques aren't adequate for doing this, most types of anti-malware scanners should be capable of finding and deleting Search Results LLC in short order. As long as you do this as quickly as possible, there are negligible chances of your PC being harmed in any other way from a brief Search Results LLC infection.
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Technical Details
File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 468.6 KB (468600 bytes)
MD5: f03cfcd636fedcdf8ddca41ce8719a00
Detection count: 11,640
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 4, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 141.42 KB (141424 bytes)
MD5: c724f9cc94e5e8ff49b0c1ea10829c62
Detection count: 10,179
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 30, 2022
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\dtdata\R002.exe
File name: R002.exeSize: 193.11 KB (193112 bytes)
MD5: c649bd38c31322113468d2998966b2b7
Detection count: 9,591
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\Users\<username>\dtdata\R002.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 8, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 197.23 KB (197232 bytes)
MD5: a3cb86169694053c550b9aa528e8e2f5
Detection count: 8,909
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 18, 2022
%PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 197.23 KB (197232 bytes)
MD5: e8bc5fd5f80cdb59429cd0ce8e91d41a
Detection count: 8,254
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 19, 2023
%PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 141.42 KB (141424 bytes)
MD5: 07f47baebdaeab76fc1cd346eb1aba33
Detection count: 5,228
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PUBLIC%\Util
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 15, 2022
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 470.64 KB (470648 bytes)
MD5: 4b1858d4620a29d822abc80a5088d51e
Detection count: 3,963
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 13, 2023
%PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 197.23 KB (197232 bytes)
MD5: bf82c8e4e2118c46dd1f75a4aa5408de
Detection count: 3,145
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 16, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 468.6 KB (468600 bytes)
MD5: 0a4c60fc66d3b775c1c985247012c64b
Detection count: 1,375
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 3, 2023
C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 468.6 KB (468600 bytes)
MD5: 4134a411f503ef121675b6e53b852f35
Detection count: 1,009
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 16, 2023
C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 468.6 KB (468600 bytes)
MD5: 5f593cac9f6741cde9c229b077a495cf
Detection count: 515
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 16, 2022
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
File name: DefaultTabBHO.dllSize: 468.6 KB (468600 bytes)
MD5: 4426e56b378ce7b990169b55e3555740
Detection count: 136
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\defaulttab\defaulttab\DefaultTabBHO.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 19, 2023
%APPDATA%\DefaultTab\DefaultTab\DTReg.exe
File name: DTReg.exeSize: 58.97 KB (58976 bytes)
MD5: 5808d8d4632563f2e79c9f29197b3674
Detection count: 21
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\DefaultTab\DefaultTab
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: May 27, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Search Results Toolbar\Datamngr\DatamngrCoordinator.exe
File name: DatamngrCoordinator.exeSize: 4.55 MB (4552192 bytes)
MD5: c3c8797e5ee2ed85e0dba33b8a891ba1
Detection count: 12
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Search Results Toolbar\Datamngr
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 5, 2017
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 236.11 KB (236115 bytes)
MD5: 95969c77e2e69819849cdc5673d0bd7f
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\Util
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 2, 2014
%PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 224.36 KB (224368 bytes)
MD5: cc98b8c0f54ec762bb4cf898f2b96da2
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PUBLIC%\Util
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 2, 2014
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\dtdata\R001.exe
File name: R001.exeSize: 153.65 KB (153659 bytes)
MD5: 744e70443bdf26713cfa1d24e32aca92
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\dtdata
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 17, 2014
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\dtdata\R002.exe
File name: R002.exeSize: 287.8 KB (287803 bytes)
MD5: 644b1ec961307113ce2d9a39e02d66f7
Detection count: 9
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\dtdata
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: November 17, 2014
%SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 236.11 KB (236115 bytes)
MD5: ec113774356e3de24b518978cfbbda88
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %SystemDrive%\Users\<username>\Util
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 2, 2014
%PUBLIC%\Util\DTChk.exe
File name: DTChk.exeSize: 148.07 KB (148076 bytes)
MD5: 0cdd3bc9e5d7334b42f8b340dc26b712
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PUBLIC%\Util
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: June 2, 2014
More files
Registry Modifications
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Good Morning. I am a small business I.T. consultant and of course most small businesses have 5-10 people and often have someone in the office encountering these issues. Your focus on this page was Search Results LLC but does your product respond well to most malware/adware? Do you have a version that I can use and remove to reuse as needed without violating any licensing agreements. I've got a system on my desk right now that I need to back to the user and have gone to great length to remove this particular problem, DefaultTab, with no success. Many Thanks, --Tony