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Search Safer Inc.

The application service.exe by Search Safer has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named pcreg triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b63e6e1bda38693a31f99883244f92b9

SHA-1:
038af16619cfb2102b38c8f0d187e14db7ef1aea

SHA-256:
0e8bf65bdcd416acf14f7a6930e8aab3210dddd2d3ff38ec807b91dd78bcb2ad

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 9:35:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.3008
9.0.1.0150

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.SearchSafer.H
14.8.8.0

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Search Safer
29722

File size:
77.2 KB (79,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcmax\service.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/28/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 4:00:00 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:
0FAE4B7B493D1D05F056048186025A59

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:4fYBrbzmFizYwUK1G0DRXJDM79f2pkqIzjbany3A4yL6j22HpkVTB:0Y4FizYxCDRXJDM79Op5KWwTpUl

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4764

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
pcreg

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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