{"id":1208,"date":"2014-07-30T08:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2018-05-29T12:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T12:02:49","slug":"smart-secure-software-s-l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/smart-secure-software-s-l\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Secure Software S.l &#8211; Bundling and VirusTotal Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick post before going back to working on <a title=\"About FreeFixer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/about-freefixer\/\">FreeFixer<\/a>. Found a &#8220;<strong>Google Chrome<\/strong>&#8221; download this morning, digitally signed by\u00a0<strong>Smart Secure Software S.l.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-S.l-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1212\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-S.l-.png\" alt=\"Smart Secure Software S.l\" width=\"474\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-S.l-.png 474w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-S.l--300x170.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smart-secure-software-sl.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1331 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smart-secure-software-sl.png\" alt=\"Smart secure software sl - google_chrome.exe - Click Yes to begin setup\" width=\"472\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smart-secure-software-sl.png 472w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/smart-secure-software-sl-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The problem is that it was not an official Chrome download. The setup file bundled a large number of potentially unwanted programs, such as <a title=\"How To Remove GridMonetize\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-gridmonetize\/\"><strong>GridMonetize<\/strong><\/a>, <strong><a title=\"istartsurf.com \u2013 How Did It Install On Your Machine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/how-istartsurf-com-installed\/\">IStartSurf<\/a>, <a title=\"What is PepperZip?  And How Did You Get It On Your Computer?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/what-is-pepperzip\/\">PepperZip<\/a>, <a title=\"What is Severe Weather Alerts?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/what-is-severe-weather-alerts\/\">Severe Weather Alerts<\/a>, Wajam, <a title=\"Remove Browser App Adware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/remove-browser-app\/\">Browser App<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and <a title=\"Ads by Costmin and RightCoupon \u2013 Removal Instructions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/ads-by-costmin-rightcoupon-remove\/\">CostMin<\/a>, as shown in the screenshots below:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IstartSurf-installer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1211\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IstartSurf-installer.png\" alt=\"IstartSurf installer\" width=\"685\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IstartSurf-installer.png 685w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IstartSurf-installer-300x202.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GridMonetize-installer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GridMonetize-installer.png\" alt=\"GridMonetize installer\" width=\"687\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GridMonetize-installer.png 687w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/GridMonetize-installer-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CostMin-installer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1209\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CostMin-installer.png\" alt=\"CostMin installer\" width=\"688\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CostMin-installer.png 688w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/CostMin-installer-300x201.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the VirusTotal report:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-Virus-Total-Report.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1213\" src=\"http:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-Virus-Total-Report.png\" alt=\"Smart Secure Software Virus Total Report\" width=\"731\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-Virus-Total-Report.png 731w, https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Smart-Secure-Software-Virus-Total-Report-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>DomainIQ<\/strong>, <strong>SoftPulse<\/strong> and <strong>Smart Secure Software<\/strong> are some of the detection names.<\/p>\n<p>Did you also find a file digitally signed by\u00a0<strong>Smart Secure Software S.l.?<\/strong>\u00a0What kind of download was it and where did you find it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a quick post before going back to working on FreeFixer. Found a &#8220;Google Chrome&#8221; download this morning, digitally signed by\u00a0Smart Secure Software S.l.\u00a0 The problem is that it was not an official Chrome download. The setup file bundled a large number of potentially unwanted programs, such as GridMonetize, IStartSurf, PepperZip, Severe Weather Alerts, Wajam, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/smart-secure-software-s-l\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Smart Secure Software S.l &#8211; Bundling and VirusTotal Report<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1208"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2184,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208\/revisions\/2184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freefixer.com\/b\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}