SafetyNut Inc. - 9% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by SafetyNut Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.C and a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A. The detection rate for the SafetyNut Inc. files collected here is 9%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice SafetyNut Inc. when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the SafetyNut Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the SafetyNut Inc. file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by SafetyNut Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by SafetyNut Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, etc. You can also examine the address for SafetyNut Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the SafetyNut Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
SafetyNut Inc. Files
These are the SafetyNut Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the SafetyNut Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Toolbar.SearchSuite, SafetyNut Inc. |
| AVware | Adware.SearchSuite |
| Ad-Aware | Application.Generic.1013375 |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.SearchSuite, Adware/Win64.SearchSuite |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, Trojan/Win32.SGeneric, Downloader/Win32.Agent |
| Avast | Win32:Injector-BSY [Trj] |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win64.SearchSuite.A, Adware.Win32.Agent.Axp, Adware.Win32.SearchSuite.BC, Adware.Win32.Agent.AZYX, Adware.Win64.SearchSuite.bA, Adware.Win32.SearchSuite.Q, Adware.Win32.SearchSuite.C, PUA.Win64.SearchSuite.bA, Adware.Win32.SearchSuite.81 |
| BitDefender | Application.Generic.1013375 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Adware.Toolbar.220 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.C, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D, probably a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D, Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.F, a variant of Win32/AdWare.Bandoo.AF, a variant of Win64/Adware.Bandoo.A |
| F-Prot | W64/SearchSuite.A.gen!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Application.Generic.1013375 |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Adware/SearchSuite, Adware/Toolbar_SearchSuite |
| GData | Win32.Application.Searchsuite.D, Application.Generic.1013375, Win64.Application.Searchsuite.E |
| Ikarus | PUA.Toolbar |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f8e31 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f8e31 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.aknu, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.SearchSuite.c |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.SearchSuite.c.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Agent.ak.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SafetyNut.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!47715B08242C, Artemis!9D5A34F194D1, Artemis!9994BF035813, SearchSuite, Artemis!297234C8CA75, Artemis!D3B3489DC788 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!47715B08242C, Artemis!9D5A34F194D1, Artemis!9994BF035813, SearchSuite, Artemis!297234C8CA75, Artemis!D3B3489DC788, BehavesLike.Win64.Midia.jh |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Application.Generic.1013375 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Bandoo.dbxsmn |
| Panda | Adware/SearchSuite |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.ed4 |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1733D101!389271809 |
| Sophos | SearchSuite, Generic PUA GC, Generic PUA BB, Generic PUA LP |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V1016, TROJ_GEN.F47V1004, TROJ_GEN.F47V0410, TROJ_GEN.F47V0514, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1219, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0728 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.SearchSuite |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 5682 scan results for the SafetyNut Inc. files. 507 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 6ab246c8ffcf2543499b3ba85878ba25
- 148940aa8e2c5a9c4956c4e46572cfe1
- 4f3993be035d6a94e4f10241ff0b285b