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handyandyinst.exe

Search Safer Inc

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

MD5:
d44a098659fc2aedbc7de2dbc6cb226a

SHA-1:
60aa70f34cc8f76db4fafad57b76e091469f2961

SHA-256:
7f9f1ccb39ab2969cbfbf331875f80657014693beaf24ed237e6d1d0c6f0fa74

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:
12/26/2024 2:20:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchSafer.Installer (M)
16.1.16.6

File size:
1.8 MB (1,896,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Self-extracting archive

Common path:
C:\Program Files\andy\handyandyinst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/6/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/7/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Search Safer Inc, OU=Search Safer Inc, O=Search Safer Inc, STREET=665 3rd street Suite 150, L=San Francisco, S=California, PostalCode=94107, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E26E98DAA7AAA5703565127BF095EFBE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2013 6:17:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:1a3sf6xvixp7WxSKIBDTEQsQ6JXmofeva6XNgFeVW7iPtqfHbZnaiek0uShy:ig6hQp15BDA+ymofKaYjW7iFqv9O1h

Entry address:
0x1D188

Entry point:
E8, F1, 57, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8D, 45, 08, 50, 8B, F1, E8, 05, FD, FF, FF, C7, 06, F4, 71, 42, 00, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, C7, 01, F4, 71, 42, 00, E9, BA, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, C7, 06, F4, 71, 42, 00, E8, A7, FD, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 18, CD, FF, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 57, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, 47, 04, 85, C0, 74, 47, 8D, 50, 08, 80, 3A, 00, 74, 3F, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4E, 04, 3B, C1, 74, 14, 83, C1, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.8953  (probably packed)

Code size:
148 KB (151,552 bytes)

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