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
5d0a361093a23c2accd4c309869d01ab
DLL
3f22015405d41fc903c60b5831663605
DLL
a71ca486b4778a83ba3552adc195ea84
DLL
cee7b63ec5ce7c435fe14f08e91cc7a2
DLL
c6b4b2da374615e66ebc675d3caa93d0
EXE
7adea6469db27922e977dae95bbafaea
DLL
72efa620bbdf0035012182f8df047d48
DLL
4b851cfb18a07511a1b13fa4dcbe8f48
DLL
06c8209532a1fee6b6a9e18b75ed632b
DLL
43feb3fb04239ef98d437465b8247f3f