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SearchSettings.exe

Search Settings

Best Social Feed Inc.

The application SearchSettings.exe by Best Social Feed has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Search Software’.
Publisher:
Best Social Feed Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search Settings

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
d5f6223af4454e80a312266751f4dba7

SHA-1:
b4c384b3af98ae99646fb20c1418ff5d4c3523e5

SHA-256:
f09306bd5f3e229b02a18685f7b326a6e7eeec5dfad42c081669387d7272399c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:43:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BestSoci (M)
16.6.3.1

File size:
850.3 KB (870,680 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright © 2002-2012

Original file name:
SearchSettings.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\search software\searchsettings.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Best Social Feed Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/21/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/21/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Best Social Feed Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Best Social Feed Inc., L=Cupertino, S=California, 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:
75C790FD141329AA8211A778C6FD6844

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/19/2013 11:58:18 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:6oKeHfD7uSlNtEOl3vhoq15zr3jzojY9q2zE4:69EjL1bbojY9hE4

Entry address:
0x95597

Entry point:
E8, C2, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8D, 42, FF, 5B, C3, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 64, 24, 00, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 53, 8B, D8, C1, E0, 08, 8B, 54, 24, 08, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 15, 8A, 0A, 83, C2, 01, 3A, CB, 74, CF, 84, C9, 74, 51, F7, C2, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EB, 0B, D8, 57, 8B, C3, C1, E3, 10, 56, 0B, D8, 8B, 0A, BF, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 8B, C1, 8B, F7, 33, CB, 03, F0, 03, F9, 83, F1, FF, 83, F0, FF, 33, CF, 33, C6, 83, C2, 04, 81...
 
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Entropy:
6.7238

Code size:
712 KB (729,088 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Search Software

Command:
C:\Program Files\search software\searchsettings.exe


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