Social Privacy
What is Social Privacy?
Social Privacy is software application developed by SocialPrivacy.org. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 68.17% of installations running this operating system. Social Privacy's installer is typically 867.00 KB in size and installs around 4 files.
Social Privacy is most popular in the United States with 98.53% of installations residing in this country.
About Social Privacy?
Social Privacy is a browser extension that offers web search enhancements and contextual advertising. It modifies the user's home and search pages to monetize search activities through the display of banner and link-context ads. By integrating with Internet Explorer as a Browser Helper Object (BHO), the extension can track and monitor the user's browsing activities. According to the End User License Agreement (EULA), Social Privacy also provides search results from select partner sites such as eBay, PriceGrabber, and Yahoo without altering the user's original search results. It aims to improve result relevancy, offers, and ads without charge, displaying minimal relevant ads. Additionally, Social Privacy DNS, included with the software, alters the user's DNS settings to redirect from non-existent domains and "typo squatting" domains. It should be noted that the software was previously known as Perk Desktop Rewards and is often bundled with adware on various download portals. Examples of such portals include download.download-new.com, emergency-browser-update.info, and fusioninstall.com, among others.
Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in Social Privacy.
| Scanner Software | Version | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Agnitum Outpost | 7.1.1 | Adware.SocialPrivacy |
| Avira AntiVir | 7.11.105.64 | ADWARE/Adware.Gen |
| AVG | 2015.0.3598 | Generic5 |
| Baidu-International | 4.0.3.14111 | Trojan.Adware.Win32.SocialPrivacy.A |
| Comodo Security | 17026 | ApplicUnwnt |
| ESET-NOD32 | 8.8859 | Win32/Adware.SocialPrivacy.A |
| IKARUS anti.virus | t3scan.2.0.127 | AdWare.Win32.UnfriendChecker |
| McAfee | 5600.7254 | Artemis!8C363809729F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | 7.7254 | Artemis!8C363809729F |
| Microsoft Security Essentials | 1.163.1557.0 | Adware:Win32/UnfriendChecker |
| Sophos | 4.93 | Generic PUA IO |
| Symantec | 1/11/2014 rev. 7 | WS.Reputation |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | 7.2.11 | TROJ_GEN.RFFH1EH |
| VIPRE Antivirus | 21968 | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Software Details
- URL:
- https://www.socialprivacy.org
- Support:
- https://www.socialprivacy.org/sp/terms
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\social privacy
- Uninstaller:
- C:\Program Files\Social Privacy\uninstall.exe
- Size:
- 867.00 KB
- Language:
- English
Social Privacy Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- sp.dll
- Name:
- Social Privacy
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\social privacy\sp.dll
- MD5:
- 8c363809729f4594660038d85fcb2e48
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –