speedmax.exe

Search Safer Inc.

The application speedmax.exe by Search Safer has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6a5153a81b9c83dc84767bf5805a6a86

SHA-1:
5fdf800c2dbd13a79c325728fa55ff362a802cd1

SHA-256:
54e77babccbac8411ee643a6ea93104b08074453b686390407448fa69ad5d4ba

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:08:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.FakeAV.16932
9.0.1.059

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Win32.ExplorerHijack.NC4@a0xIsUgO
8.14.02.28.01

McAfee
Artemis!6A5153A81B9C
5600.7206

Norman
Malware
11.20140228

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchSafer.I
14.8.8.0

Sophos
Troj/Zbot-HTF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_DLOADR.VEQ
7.2.59

Trend Micro
TROJ_DLOADR.VEQ
10.465.28

File size:
222.2 KB (227,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\speedmax.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/6/2014 4:00:00 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:
0A9503052352494760E64F027ED81BDA

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):
3072:FY4FizYxCDRXJwCigfiL31aZTf3pq0yr9XTyWll6gr2jXud3Se:FFJ0nigqaTruXTyfgKjXa3S

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:
5.6092

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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