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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 2 anti-malware scanners. 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’. This file is typically installed with the program Search Software by Best Social Feed Inc. which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Best Social Feed Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Search Settings

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
759c6052bdec4d20980cfd4b9b57ae9f

SHA-1:
f7a4a12f8d93df5ee1cd5c8213943e53287c2fde

SHA-256:
23299d6ffd5adfb56c6c31322443617dc771d1e2446746e19a79d171ab8af287

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 12:34:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.BestSocial
2015.0.3574

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BestSocialFeed
15.4.20.21

File size:
173.3 KB (177,432 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:
10/22/2013 3:30:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2016 3:29:59 AM

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:
11/28/2013 5:35:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:cLB0odGQ2sfbf52G2twi1nSec6xTTRDlMY5x8L8sd8ukcLEHPL6lhvobQ:cLCaGQ2dGs1nSejTRXTE8sd8OC29

Entry address:
0xE303

Entry point:
E8, F6, 5B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 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, E1, 00, 01, 01, 81, 75, 1C, 25, 00, 01, 01, 81...
 
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Entropy:
6.5088

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

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

Name:
Search Software

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


The file SearchSettings.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Search Software  by Best Social Feed Inc.
This is a potentially unwanted (PUP) ad-supported (adware) web browser toolbar that will modify the user's search page and provider in order to redirect web searches.
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