SafeFinder Smartbar

SafeFinder Smartbar

Known Adware

by Linkury Ltd.

What is SafeFinder Smartbar?

SafeFinder Smartbar is software application developed by Linkury Ltd.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 53.14% of installations running this operating system. SafeFinder Smartbar's installer is typically 9.00 MB in size and installs around 129 files. The most common release is 11.114.72.19232 with 34.38% of all installations currently using this version.

SafeFinder Smartbar is most popular in the United States with 36.58% of installations residing in this country.

About SafeFinder Smartbar?

SafeFinder is an internet browser extension/add-on that delivers advertising to the user's browser. The ads come in various forms such as search-related ads, banners, video ads, and text-links (roll-overs), as well as some popup ads. These ads are typically displayed in the header or footer of the web page. Additionally, SafeFinder has the ability to convert words on viewed pages into hyperlinks linked to advertisements. It is important to note that this application is classified as adware and/or a potentially unwanted program (PUP) due to its behavior.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in SafeFinder Smartbar.

safefinder.exe (MD5: f955adcf13c05eb0352f56f0ef6d0e87) has been flagged by 15 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Lavasoft Ad-Aware Adware.Linkury.F
AVG Generic
Avira APPL/Linkury.Gen2
AVware Adware.Linkury (fs)
Bitdefender Adware.Linkury.F
Comodo Security ApplicUnwnt
Emsisoft Anti-Malware Adware.Linkury
F-Secure Adware.Linkury.F
G Data Adware.Linkury
IKARUS anti.virus AdWare.Linkury
MicroWorld-eScan Adware.Linkury.F
nProtect Adware.Linkury.F
Qihoo-360 Win32/Trojan.8b1
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R047H09HH14
VIPRE Antivirus Adware.Linkury (fs)

Startup Entries

Registry entries:
  • safefinder.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Browser Infrastructure Helper' and executes as C:\users\user\appdata\Local\Smartbar\Application\SafeFinder.exe startup.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.linkury.com/faq/s/faq.aspx?company=safefinder
Support:
https://www.linkury.com
Installation path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\common\iconswide
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{B685D7F1-BAC8-4318-8137-A774268BBD39}
Size:
9.00 MB
Language:
English

SafeFinder Smartbar Executable Details

Primary executable:
browserhelper.exe
Name:
SafeFinder Smartbar
Path:
C:\users\user\appdata\local\smartbar\common\iconswide\browserhelper.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by SafeFinder Smartbar
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
50c0c06247a6ffa48a80016f53c2512a
DLL
457c8e3dc442b13211e92caf365fd199
DLL
d123389bb183fcbde2155bbd4178298b
DLL
3201d849a93444d2a727bd8d595f7f1c
DLL
b0113f689d65cbae693077f57c4b4c00
DLL
10307068883c9653795c45d025ae0bc3
DLL
a6eb18c735eaaf8df969391b70271ce4
DLL
b3f96487eecd3f81e798efa1c8bc8de5
DLL
a7546e8d2f5da77348b1956a78e72ec2
EXE
e99a05003752c4455f36ff9b2a64beb8