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update.exe

0.9.2.0

AVSoftware EOOD

The software installer uses the StartInstall.com download manager which bundles additional adware offers (toolbars and utilities such as the SafeSearch toolbar) during setup. The application update.exe, “SafeSearch Setup ” by AVSoftware EOOD has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from update.safesearch.net.

File name:

update.exe

Publisher:

AVSoftware Ltd. (signed by AVSoftware EOOD)

Product:

0.9.2.0

Description:

SafeSearch Setup

Version:

0.9.2.0

MD5:

3f37618221ef97a8373ac49b9f57b1db

SHA-1:

e2d16f37dff10301c8caddc1fe391e68fdf8496d

SHA-256:

d60c2ae53c44c7b4599ff3b3a6a4afe08a2bc32e7e0348319577301f61c1ad91

Scanner detections:

3 / 68

Status:

Adware

Analysis date:

12/24/2024 5:37:43 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Dr.Web

Adware.Toolbar.247

9.0.1.054

ESET NOD32

Detection.Undefined

7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AVSoftware EOOD

15.2.23.12

File size:

2.8 MB (2,957,928 bytes)

Product version:

0.9.2.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Program Files\safesearch\1_4\update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

AVSoftware EOOD

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/5/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/4/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=AVSoftware EOOD, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=AVSoftware EOOD, L=Sofia, S=Sofia, C=BG

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:

0EB840FECC84AE6DCA7A92109E2314ED

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/13/2013 9:19:32 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:D7gk6CVs7JBHf2ABRZ3+3YFhhof9W7EIYMR6izFgyCI3lThf5l7asex:nX6CVsr2ABp3o1YZYMR6K3lTFus0

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

7.9838

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://update.safesearch.net/setup_avsoft_5.exe

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