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dosearches.com Hijacker

Posted: September 10, 2013

Threat Metric

Ranking: 4,161
Threat Level: 5/10
Infected PCs: 19,037
First Seen: September 10, 2013
Last Seen: October 16, 2023
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\eIntaller\8F89A752D6AB472aA6F033BFAAFD5645\eXQ.exe File name: eXQ.exe
Size: 629.81 KB (629816 bytes)
MD5: 0b428b42b615a357666d3f5131878d62
Detection count: 1,508
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\eIntaller\8F89A752D6AB472aA6F033BFAAFD5645\eXQ.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 19, 2022
sof_ar_2013927182230_dosearches.exe File name: sof_ar_2013927182230_dosearches.exe
Size: 412.75 KB (412752 bytes)
MD5: e94a09c46d66a6d5e2d29aa924e205e6
Detection count: 80
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 30, 2013
swe_ar_dosearches.exe File name: swe_ar_dosearches.exe
Size: 411.21 KB (411216 bytes)
MD5: 6ded5d75dfd6253b90586c1d2453115c
Detection count: 5
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 17, 2022
bdo_ar_dosearches.exe File name: bdo_ar_dosearches.exe
Size: 413.26 KB (413264 bytes)
MD5: 8b7baf46387fc5ecb7434146190a02c8
Detection count: 4
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 23, 2013

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%PROGRAMFILES%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins\dosearches.xml%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins\dosearches.xmlHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\dosearchesSoftwareSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\dosearchesSoftwareHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}dosearches Browser Protecter

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%Appdata%\dosearches
The following URL's were detected:
dosearches.com
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