safepcrepairsetup.exe

SafePCRepair

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application safepcrepairsetup.exe, “SafePCRepair Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
SafePCRepair

Description:
SafePCRepair Setup

Version:
1.1.6382.34

MD5:
9d4fd9130821921a18fa523c5c0c6daa

SHA-1:
4021415e2d22bbbf8d4152494746732843f58244

SHA-256:
837582f05b0cf26fc1587e4c43e054ed21bbd3e1d3101e96c190fb1ab488cdb5

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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:00:45 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.Bundler (M)
16.3.30.1

File size:
5.4 MB (5,684,608 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.6382.34

Copyright:
© 2016 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
suf_launch.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Mindspark Custom Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\safepcrepairsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2013 4:10:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:ehIm0gDHMxJzd6uxcu4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjVeDjs0ppDiSgImwbWe7UxYon2NLp:KImhCp6uGngev1ktnDoCc2qdarX

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
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Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file safepcrepairsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://ak.dl.safepcrepair.com/images/nocache/vicinio/executable-packages/SafePCRepair/1425916752826/.../SafePCRepairSetup.SafePCRepair_89.mlkmakbbeomlgkkjjebogagaphdgpkgc.ch.exe

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