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SurfCanyonDesktop.exe

Surf Canyon Desktop

Surf Canyon Incorporated

The application SurfCanyonDesktop.exe 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 set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SurfCanyonDesktop’. This file is typically installed with the program Search Manager Service by Surf Canyon which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Surf Canyon  (signed by Surf Canyon Incorporated)

Product:
Surf Canyon Desktop

Version:
1.3.6.0

MD5:
d1825e036a4b663853b9b6615841fa79

SHA-1:
7f21bd86dbdd06a18fa134def04f8dc9a7f5ed30

SHA-256:
1b93178285a0c9df19ef0082978613d5417e5d32115fa548b52b4ecef643631d

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 7:53:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SurfCanyonorporated (M)
15.12.9.6

File size:
91.4 KB (93,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.6.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
SurfCanyonDesktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\surf canyon\surfcanyondesktop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Surf Canyon Incorporated

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/12/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/13/2017 7:59:59 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1F54086556A315E8D932AFD0318766A3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/26/2014 5:38:14 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:3KjwUoLFmD356m35YB4mhNokOV7VsDvbzakO6LiD5aNO0V2fCRHuHbRO23nDTDy0:OCmWB4AxK2BRLQ0eCRHkp3nfgor

Entry address:
0x153EE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 98, 00, 00, 80, 03, 00, 00, 00, B0, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, C8, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6707

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
77 KB (78,848 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SurfCanyonDesktop

Command:
C:\Program Files\surf canyon\surfcanyondesktop.exe


The file SurfCanyonDesktop.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Search Manager Service  by Surf Canyon
As part of the installation process the publisher may offer changes to your Internet Browser settings. These changes if approved by you can be reconfigured by you at any time from the options dialog available on your Internet Browser.
www.surfcanyon.com
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