DesktopSearch

DesktopSearch

Known Malware

by Unique Solutions

What is DesktopSearch?

DesktopSearch is software application developed by Unique Solutions. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 54.84% of installations running this operating system. DesktopSearch's installer is typically 902.00 KB in size and installs around 6 files. The most common release is 3.0.56 with 13.36% of all installations currently using this version.

DesktopSearch is most popular in the United States with 44.49% of installations residing in this country.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in DesktopSearch.

DesktopSearch.exe (MD5: 689204a854e49f4433e4330508a42f73) has been flagged by 7 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
avast! Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
Bkav FE W32.HfsAdware
Dr.Web Adware.Yontoo.93
Malwarebytes PUP.Optional.PullUpdate.A
McAfee Artemis!689204A854E4
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0519

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • DesktopSearchService.exe runs as a service named 'DesktopSearch' (DesktopSearch).

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • DesktopSearch.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'DesktopSearch' and executes as C:\ProgramData\DesktopSearch\DesktopSearch.exe -ros.

Software Details

URL:
Support:
https://www.desktopsearchapp.com/about.html
Installation path:
C:\ProgramData\desktopsearch
Uninstaller:
"C:\ProgramData\DesktopSearch\uninstall.exe"
Size:
902.00 KB
Language:
English

DesktopSearch Executable Details

Primary executable:
DesktopSearch.exe
Name:
DesktopSearch
Path:
C:\ProgramData\desktopsearch\DesktopSearch.exe
MD5:
689204a854e49f4433e4330508a42f73
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by DesktopSearch
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
cdffa12b3b398ecaed8baaed6fd1d573
EXE
a3ddcfac050a091b65e08055910272e9
EXE
689204a854e49f4433e4330508a42f73
EXE
812c2e1735aefa5d9537e94f937798ff
DLL
50e13e176d3fb385a19e1ebeacc404c4
DLL
9021ed65ca16a08df2798af3f269640a