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updater_143989.exe

Search Safer Inc.

The application updater_143989.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 is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d178vxd8lk55nd.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
eb0db184d03aed91fb17705b7b60bca1

SHA-1:
7c7b6f60949092c9ca11f673a40a366647f9d243

SHA-256:
2d8956bc575dd10c80414c095ef15d02d635d2c1ba89d3f233bd5e1fabf3100e

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:02:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.3008
9.0.1.0137

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchSafer.O
14.8.8.0

Sophos
SafeSearch
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0515
7.2.137

File size:
1.3 MB (1,347,552 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\updater_143989.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
5/14/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 5:00:00 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:
05AACFFE57898D97345BFE96FE75261D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2QvJDkHmCy3VQs9MtLjTgfa3kon9FaOdEz6uofK5PF9qx5:zDqs9ocS3qOIofK5PFYx5

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:
6.6640

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file updater_143989.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d178vxd8lk55nd.cloudfront.net/.../taskinst2028.exe

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