SaferBrowser

SaferBrowser

Known Adware

by Adknowledge, Inc.

What is SaferBrowser?

SaferBrowser is software application developed by Adknowledge, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 50.00% of installations running this operating system. SaferBrowser's installer is typically 34.00 MB in size and installs around 13 files.

SaferBrowser is most popular in the United States with 99.22% of installations residing in this country.

SaferBrowser adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About SaferBrowser?

Our web browser extension, SaferBrowser, delivers advertisements to the user's web browser in the form of traditional banners and context-hyperlinks. These ads are injected onto various web pages at the software's discretion, regardless of affiliation with the software or its affiliates. It's important to note that the ads are not endorsed by the underlying websites on which they appear. Additionally, the program periodically connects to remote servers to download new ad feeds and reports the domains, URLs, links, and advertisements the user interacts with while browsing the web. It's worth mentioning that SaferBrowser is often bundled with third-party download managers that offer additional programs, some of which may be unwanted. We strive to provide a safe and effective browsing experience for our users.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in SaferBrowser.

uninstall.exe (MD5: 3cbc2cb8ddd08be319df67e1373ad0aa) has been flagged by 5 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.D
McAfee Artemis!3CBC2CB8DDD0
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0803
uninstall.SaferBrowser.exe (MD5: 5113be70cf81f8de7a37a8bc9e1ff560) has been flagged by 23 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
Agnitum Outpost PUA.Agent
AVG Downloader
AVware iBryte
Baidu-International Adware.MSIL.iBryte.BD
Bitdefender Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
ESET-NOD32 a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.D
Fortinet FortiGate Adware/IBryte
F-Secure Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
G Data Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
IKARUS anti.virus Trojan.SuspectCRC
K7 AntiVirus Adware
K7GW Adware ( 0049b2d81 )
McAfee Artemis!5113BE70CF81
McAfee-GW-Edition Artemis!5113BE70CF81
MicroWorld-eScan Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
nProtect Trojan.GenericKD.1706624
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.Adware.38e
Symantec WS.Reputation
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0CBH09GO14
VIPRE Antivirus iBryte
SaferBrowser.exe (MD5: 201291fb358e3e91158ad06f08571bd2) has been flagged by 2 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Symantec WS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V0803

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • uninstall.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SaferBrowser Update Task' (Next runs on 5/8/2015 at 10:12 AM).
  • uninstall.SaferBrowser.exe is scheduled as a task named 'SaferBrowser Update Task' (runs on boot).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • SaferBrowser.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SaferBrowser.
  • uninstall.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SaferBrowser Update Task.
  • uninstall.SaferBrowser.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named SaferBrowser Update Task.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.adknowledge.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\SaferBrowser
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\SaferBrowser\uninstall.SaferBrowser.exe" /u /UserID=5e7ddb71-79f0-42c6-859e-edb883acadbe /SourceID=treasure|d-media-all-jvus /Implem
Size:
34.00 MB
Language:
English

SaferBrowser Executable Details

Primary executable:
SaferBrowser.exe
Name:
SaferBrowser
Path:
C:\Program Files\SaferBrowser\SaferBrowser.exe
MD5:
201291fb358e3e91158ad06f08571bd2
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by SaferBrowser
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
2cf13e199df4a657a60c4e094033b3c7
DLL
42b947b8ac38e998aaca2bb582949227
DLL
ec74c7b23bb84a53e2eeed16f0887bad