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SurfCanyonDesktop.exe

Surf Canyon Desktop

Surf Canyon Incorporated

The application SurfCanyonDesktop.exe by Surf Canyon has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SurfCanyonDesktop’. This file is typically installed with the program Search Manager Service by Surf Canyon which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Surf Canyon  (signed by Surf Canyon Incorporated)

Product:
Surf Canyon Desktop

Version:
1.3.6.0

MD5:
842e19b1534e82cd812d8ffa3ee5fab2

SHA-1:
8c79c271e0bb9b8f7e46e34afa2fb1cf70319092

SHA-256:
a81d1f6d0615c957adf6d147ca42b769d3ded17c3985540dae98d6b4245a000d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/25/2024 12:21:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.SurfCanyonorporated.R
14.8.7.18

File size:
91.4 KB (93,544 bytes)

Product version:
1.3.6.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
SurfCanyonDesktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\surf canyon\surfcanyondesktop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Surf Canyon Incorporated

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/12/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/13/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Surf Canyon Incorporated, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Surf Canyon Incorporated, L=San Francisco, 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:
1F54086556A315E8D932AFD0318766A3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/27/2014 2:54:29 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:H4xlOF0JEz2FmD356m35YB4mhNokOV7VsDvbzakOEBwULGAH7tRBvHN+O2MiDqWJ:gJEImWB4AxK2B7/57tRBApMiO6o/iH

Entry address:
0x153EE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 98, 00, 00, 80, 03, 00, 00, 00, B0, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 7F, 00, 00, C8, 00, 00, 80, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.6692

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
77 KB (78,848 bytes)

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

Name:
SurfCanyonDesktop

Command:
C:\Program Files\surf canyon\surfcanyondesktop.exe


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

Search Manager Service  by Surf Canyon
As part of the installation process the publisher may offer changes to your Internet Browser settings. These changes if approved by you can be reconfigured by you at any time from the options dialog available on your Internet Browser.
www.surfcanyon.com
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