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safer-surf.exe

The application safer-surf.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘Safer-Surf’. This file is typically installed with the program Safer-Surf by Revizer Technologies which is a potentially unwanted software program.
MD5:
008fc0e0efd261cf00c218fe2c11fc3b

SHA-1:
8d82a51ebbc3e5a8689fb0e6574563c8208a08c3

SHA-256:
d1d75e1f69d2e7dcd0474245a490b200c5dc0c14a912ac0c2a590b748670de86

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:18:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
890

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
1.0.20.1205

Dr.Web
Trojan.Lyrics.167
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
8.14.08.29.12

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.7.5.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.59696
15.0.0.723

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
14.8.29.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.172EAFC0!388935616
23.00.65.14827

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047H09HL14
7.2.241

File size:
119 KB (121,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ver4safer-surf\safer-surf.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/19/2014 7:58:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:NN6ehkUHUOQAHFuXMyCBRWcO1RqQ+DcYTsWjcdUQb6iKO6nqX4nFeyuuLFIU:NYokUHU6lzbBR4+oUQb6iKHqonVIU

Entry address:
0x34C5

Entry point:
E8, 79, 26, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 32, 41, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, A8, 20, 41, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 54, 32, 41, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1607

Code size:
38.5 KB (39,424 bytes)

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

Name:
Safer-Surf

Command:
C:\Program Files\ver4safer-surf\safer-surf.exe


The file safer-surf.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Safer-Surf  by Revizer Technologies
Safer-Surf is an Internet toolbar/plugin (for Internet Explorer it runs as a BHO, in Chrome and Firefox it will run as an extension) that plugs into the user's default web browser and will modify a number of settings such as taking control of the browser's search and home pages, new tab functionality as well as DNS 'not found' redirection.
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