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updater.exe

Search Safer Inc.

The application updater.exe by Search Safer has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
586c2401e9c9c5f2dd11741af6de6155

SHA-1:
e252818597ff21298a1a31cb3648be0f9f6c6009

SHA-256:
925dd45e906f302457a2f4c6af4725183fd1e34526d006ee2297e6647ff13019

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
5/9/2024 11:14:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.SeSafer
2015.0.3526

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2032
9.0.1.083

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SearchSafer.H
14.8.8.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,194,208 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\runonce\user\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/6/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2016 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Search Safer Inc., O=Search Safer Inc., L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US, PostalCode=94107, STREET=665 3rd st, STREET=suite 150, SERIALNUMBER=5189473, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A9503052352494760E64F027ED81BDA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 11:20:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:LRvkv2dLjxm5QzENCrD+ActQBmkV8gjSmsi6drWmfc60aNTx:VbLA5Qzjr6AvBmTJme8PaNN

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9853

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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