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Clever Search

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Clever Search is a software developer located in San Diego, California in the United States*. A majority of the programs developed by the company can be classified as adware or other potentially unwanted programs.
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/23/2015 3:04:10 AM

Valid to:
5/23/2017 3:04:10 AM

Subject:
E=support@cleversearchapp.com, CN=Clever Search, O=Clever Search, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112109d15481699990afad5229f52c78cd6e

Scanner detections:
Detections  (89% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CleverSearch.Installer (M), Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP, PUP.CleverSearch (M)
84.21%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Vitruvian (variant), Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe (variant), Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe (variant)
36.84%

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.1011, Adware.Plugin.274, Adware.Plugin.1108, Adware.Plugin.1137
31.58%

VIPRE Antivirus
InfoAtoms, Trojan.Win32.Generic
26.32%

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Vitruvian, Hacktool.Win64.NetFilter
26.32%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WordAnchor.A, PUP.Optional.CleverSearch.A
26.32%

ESET NOD32
Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe application, Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe application
21.05%

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/NetFilter, Adware/NetFilter
15.79%

herdProtect (fuzzy)
a variant of 1327ad6171d171ed52757c5c7b182756f4a62c81, a variant of 362d46c4c39dcbac26e5d2746e6711f47adf934b, a variant of f2ebc23b3abdee062a48700a54793e717d163db8
15.79%

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Vitruvian
10.53%

1 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_1_10_0_17.sys (CS Driver x86 by CS)  (ebc1fe35533f7ac6451cb09334dc50f1)

10 / 68    (PUP)
csfd_vw_1_10_0_20.sys (CS WFP Driver x86 by CS)  (689d09aa265ac477730c916107a40040)

10 / 68    (PUP)
csfd_vw_1_10_0_20.sys (CS WFP Driver x64 by CS)  (f98055d62ec8271056bb709875acf611)

1 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_vt_1_10_0_20.sys (CS TDI Driver x64 by CS)  (8a5e0724744e85164c2693732f1fd99d)

16 / 68    (PUP)
cssvc.exe (CS Client Service by CS)  (a2634c7b6287dfa7e2b8ff24da01b217)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (CS)  (6cff9fcfc0231c1526bd57be4fe9bb3e)

2 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_vt_1_10_0_20.sys (CS TDI Driver x86 by CS)  (f16ed6517862683c1f5e8a8ec7548d53)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cleversearch-setup-1.10.0.20.exe (CS)  (b52b09dab983bfe45763c8d0a7497c49)

3 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_1_10_0_19.sys (CS WFP Driver x86 by CS)  (3ae898158873ea80713bf2ed159f4611)

2 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_1_10_0_19.sys (CS TDI Driver x86 by CS)  (151931483362c489fcfd05f8cf015c35)

2 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_1_10_0_19.sys (CS WFP Driver x64 by CS)  (2a7c3c7a23499a4ca7b0c62306173526)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (CS)  (6a7319ed473623f8f00f3e4c1814ee7e)

2 / 68      (PUP)
csfd_1_10_0_19.sys (CS TDI Driver x64 by CS)  (bea9623b80a4f01781aa68cd4e579d5a)

9 / 68      (PUP)
cssvc.exe (CS Client Service by CS)  (6b396d5dba7803580e7dce11cca7adfd)

1 / 68      (PUP)
cleversearch-setup-1.10.0.19.exe (CS)  (52261636a4236e37482255a2dd0f0b80)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (CS)  (8ac7719a04839c17bddc12aef465a093)

8 / 68      (inconclusive)
cleversearch-setup-1.10.0.17.exe (CS)  (8867c6d26a36e547cd832f1752ec41e5)

2 / 68      (inconclusive)
csfd_1_10_0_17.sys (CS Driver x64 by CS)  (8bceea6b14ec331cb200eba7b8549c91)

6 / 68      (PUP)
cssvc.exe (CS Client Service by CS)  (92f91b20c5d52ec513ebe862fbdd4f09)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Clever Search by GlobalSign nv-sa on May 23, 2015 with the serial number '112109d15481699990afad5229f52c78cd6e'.
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