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sssvc.exe

Search Snacks Client Service

Search Snacks, LLC

This is part of the InfoAtoms browser extension which will display variopus forms of advertising in the web browser by injecting new ads such as banner, text-links and search results. The application sssvc.exe by Search Snacks has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a separate (within the context of its own process) windows Service named “Search Snacks 1.10.0.3 Client Service”.
Publisher:
Search Snacks  (signed by Search Snacks, LLC)

Product:
Search Snacks Client Service

Version:
1.10.0.3

MD5:
7e47d691fb83a91ff84bab217b9554d4

SHA-1:
202ea1a555caec1e077559e53599728da7d3bef6

SHA-256:
fbbcd3b08f291ed63c24835e419184c89ac354d28059fcc0438b2515dc837ba2

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:37:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Vitruvian.B
790

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Vitruvian
7.1.1

AVG
Snacks
2015.0.3268

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Vitruvian
4.0.3.14126

Bitdefender
Adware.Vitruvian.B
1.0.20.1700

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20073

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Vitruvian
8.14.12.06.04

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.Vitruvian (variant)
8.10745

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Vitruvian
12/6/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Vitruvian.B
11.2014-06-12_7

G Data
Adware.Vitruvian
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Vitruvian
t3scan.1.8.3.0

McAfee
Artemis!7E47D691FB83
5600.6924

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Vitruvian.B
15.0.0.1020

nProtect
Adware.Vitruvian.B
14.11.18.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Service.SearchSnacks.F
14.12.6.16

Sophos
Generic PUA CA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1015
7.2.340

VIPRE Antivirus
InfoAtoms
34912

File size:
271.1 KB (277,600 bytes)

Product version:
1.10.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
sssvc.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\searchsnacks_1.10.0.3\service\sssvc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Snacks, LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/3/2014 5:07:56 PM

Valid to:
4/3/2016 5:07:56 PM

Subject:
E=support@search-snacks.com, CN="Search Snacks, LLC", O="Search Snacks, LLC", L=Dover, S=Delaware, C=US

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

Serial number:
11213239AF4AE4C69B97F803376A194F08F4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2014 1:35:19 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:07DtBd02UprNJiAjDMV0kCTB/v3B1xb1S:07DzdfUppJiAjAV0kCTxB1S

Entry address:
0x21158

Entry point:
E8, 69, 56, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 57, 85, C9, 0F, 84, 92, 00, 00, 00, 56, 53, 8B, D9, 8B, 74, 24, 14, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 7C, 24, 10, 75, 0B, C1, E9, 02, 0F, 85, 85, 00, 00, 00, EB, 27, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 74, 2B, 84, C0, 74, 2F, F7, C6, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, E5, 8B, D9, C1, E9, 02, 75, 61, 83, E3, 03, 74, 13, 8A, 06, 83, C6, 01, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 84, C0, 74, 37, 83, EB, 01, 75, ED, 8B, 44...
 
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Entropy:
6.3159

Code size:
180.5 KB (184,832 bytes)

Service
Display name:
Search Snacks 1.10.0.3 Client Service

Service name:
sssvc_1.10.0.3

Description:
This service enables Search Snacks 1.10.0.3 on HTTP websites

Type:
Win32OwnProcess


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