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Search Safer Inc.

The application a.exe by Search Safer has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
41260ef7f760c3a46795eb98abf329f5

SHA-1:
1867e90eeda42e94528bb3f76cb8c38684503e3d

SHA-256:
d36be82c010a268c238bc6e87acc55f1fdf2db1553494a5c96eeb0391af8ccd0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 8:09:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchSafer.B
14.8.8.0

File size:
53.2 KB (54,464 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcreg\a.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
4/17/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 6:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Search Safer Inc., O=Search Safer Inc., L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US, PostalCode=94107, STREET=665 3rd st, STREET=suite 150, SERIALNUMBER=5189473, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A4669F7321BBB3215A68123F91E80BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/18/2014 7:23:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:M50xvwfZrTyuinfUHKa3+uffEq3hF5elIfogn2qEDAYQuFyTPKgn:M50ah6uifUHKa3+IfECZfddrR

Entry address:
0x16F2

Entry point:
E8, A2, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 95, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, D8, BE, 40, 00, 89, 0D, D4, BE, 40, 00, 89, 15, D0, BE, 40, 00, 89, 1D, CC, BE, 40, 00, 89, 35, C8, BE, 40, 00, 89, 3D, C4, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, F0, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, E4, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, C0, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, BC, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, B8, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, B4, BE, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, E8, BE, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, DC, BE, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, E0, BE, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, EC, BE, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.2956

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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