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surfcanyon.dll

Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant (v2.0.1)

Surf Canyon Incorporated

The module surfcanyon.dll by Surf Canyon has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is installed within the context of Internet Explore as a BHO (Browser Helper Object) under the name ‘IE BHO Utility’.
Publisher:
Surf Canyon Incorporated  (signed and verified)

Product:
Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant (v2.0.1)

Version:
2.0.1.0

MD5:
d851bb1512c0b85ef00c5eccc3716f13

SHA-1:
b6c04283910a36bf35a3d06c13422407902b65dc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/27/2024 9:36:43 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SurfCany (M)
16.7.8.19

File size:
153.9 KB (157,624 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.1.0

Copyright:
Surf Canyon Incorporated. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
surfcanyon.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\surf canyon\surfcanyon.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Surf Canyon Incorporated

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/6/2009 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/31/2010 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Surf Canyon Incorporated, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Surf Canyon Incorporated, L=Oakland, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4ED7AA49B551CC80FA2A2D2C3280297F

Registration
CLSIDs:
{5AB7104A-B71F-49AD-9154-F7F8806AE848}, {AAFFE112-08AB-4B91-8428-C008A22864FB}

ProgIDs:
surfcanyon.BhoSite.1, surfcanyon.ShowSettings.1

COM registered:
Yes

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/22/2009 4:14:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:BAxxomxq5O8xs5S/TcvgK/FTl7YfvSAFLFAe5Wjx72stc:soXO8yU/T2gK/5lc/FLq1Qstc

Entry address:
0xB2D7

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 86, 65, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 00, 01, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 8C, 25, 02, 10, 00, 74, 05, E9, A0, 69, 00, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA...
 
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Entropy:
6.4265

Code size:
98 KB (100,352 bytes)

Internet Explorer BHO
Display name:
IE BHO Utility

CLSID:
{5AB7104A-B71F-49AD-9154-F7F8806AE848}

CLSID name:
Surf Canyon Search Engine Assistant


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