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 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Mindspark Custom Setup installer. This version of the installer will bundle a Mindspark/MyWebSearch Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

Product:
SafePCRepair

Description:
SafePCRepair Setup

Version:
1.1.0.22

MD5:
05ce2da6ead4870c29fb787906ef3f97

SHA-1:
975492316d7e0d441b2c2db1f2f886e23dff460b

SHA-256:
1f1e48eedcdd87b38449b97d112407d8540d29e9afc59e769b6b055f53d9f3d3

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles the Mindspark (MyWebSearch/Ask) toolbar, a web browser extension that will modify a user's search and home pages.

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:
4/26/2024 8:24:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win32/Virut.F
2015.05.23

avast!
Win32:Mindspark-A [PUP]
2014.9-150316

AVG
MyWebSearch
2016.0.3169

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.AO potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11324

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Virut.CE.gen
6/22/2015

G Data
Win32.Virtob.Gen.12
15.3.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Virus.Win32.Virut
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MindSpark.A
v2015.03.16.06

McAfee
Artemis!05CE2DA6EAD4
5600.6825

Panda Antivirus
W32/Sality.AO
15.06.22.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Mindspark
15.3.16.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Win32.Virut.cl!1523074
23.00.65.15620

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0314
7.2.75

Vba32 AntiVirus
Virus.Virut.06
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
38458

File size:
5.3 MB (5,542,704 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.22

Copyright:
© 2014 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:
4/10/2012 6:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 5:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2013 1:10:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:KhIm0gDHMxJ9d6uxcn4x8x1UGomgkUinzEdjQ1DPcJ5G0pzUb5Ea8Wx1xozOk:WImhCL6uGCgev1ktnbdPc3fp25Ea8SSf

Entry address:
0x29E1

Entry point:
E8, A6, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 56, 57, 33, F6, BF, C8, AB, 40, 00, 83, 3C, F5, 54, A0, 40, 00, 01, 75, 1D, 8D, 04, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 89, 38, 68, A0, 0F, 00, 00, FF, 30, 83, C7, 18, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 85, C0, 74, 0C, 46, 83, FE, 24, 7C, D3, 33, C0, 40, 5F, 5E, C3, 83, 24, F5, 50, A0, 40, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, F1, 8B, FF, 53, 8B, 1D, C4, 70, 40, 00, 56, BE, 50, A0, 40, 00, 57, 8B, 3E, 85, FF, 74, 13, 83, 7E, 04, 01, 74, 0D, 57, FF, D3, 57, E8, 18, FD, FF, FF, 83, 26, 00, 59, 83, C6, 08...
 
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Entropy:
7.9441  (probably packed)

Code size:
22 KB (22,528 bytes)

The file safepcrepairsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

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