Search Snacks, LLC - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Search Snacks, LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as InfoAtoms (fs) and Adware.Vitruvian.B (B). The detection rate for the Search Snacks, LLC files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Search Snacks, LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Search Snacks, LLC certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Search Snacks, LLC file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file that has been digitally signed by Search Snacks, LLC:
As you can see in the screencap above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Search Snacks, LLC and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above, you can view 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 see the address for Search Snacks, LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the Search Snacks, LLC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Search Snacks, LLC Files
These are the Search Snacks, LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 11/55 | sssvc.exe |
| 15/55 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 11/54 | sssvc.exe |
| 8/55 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 9/55 | ssnfd.sys |
| 11/54 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 10/52 | 0plf5bst.sch.exe |
| 3/54 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 2/54 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 10/53 | SearchSnacksClientIE.dll |
| 14/54 | ssnfd_1_10_0_1.sys |
| 21/55 | sssvc.exe |
| 21/57 | SearchSnacksAutoUpdateClient.exe |
| 25/57 | ssnfd.sys |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Search Snacks, LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| AVG | Snacks.2E8 |
| AVware | InfoAtoms (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| Agnitum | Riskware.NetFilter!, PUA.Popad!, PUA.Vitruvian! |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.SGeneric |
| Avast | Win64:Adware-gen [Adw], Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Avira | Adware/Vitruvian.56928 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Vitruvian.bD, Adware.Win64.Vitruvian.bB, Adware.Win64.SearchSnacks.81, Adware.Win64.Vitruvian.BB, Trojan.Win32.Vitruvian.BD, Adware.Win32.SearchSnacks.77, Adware.Win32.Vitruvian.f, PUA.Win32.NetFilter.H |
| BitDefender | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.81F2 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt, UnclassifiedMalware |
| Cyren | W32/Adware.RFUH-9230 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.274, Adware.Popad.10 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/AdWare.Vitruvian.D, a variant of Win64/Adware.Vitruvian.B, a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.E, Win32/AdWare.Vitruvian.D, a variant of Win32/AdWare.Vitruvian.C, a variant of Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Vitruvian.B (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| GData | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| Ikarus | AdWare.Vitruvian |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Vitruvian.c |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware ( 004b11d61 ) |
| K7GW | Riskware ( 004b11d61 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Vitruvian.f |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SearchSnacks.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!4F7C603DED53, Artemis!8985C6CC76B5, Artemis!90C6169A28F4, Artemis!A9438BD45841, Artemis!0F99B4BD2AF6 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win64.BadFile.qh, BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.dh |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Vitruvian.dnpzum |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
| Sophos | Generic PUA NO, Generic PUA BD, Generic PUA AN, Generic PUA FO, Generic PUA PB |
| Symantec | Adware.Gen, Adware.BL, WS.Reputation.1, Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OAS15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0824, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0826, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0729, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OAS15 |
| VIPRE | InfoAtoms (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.46756, Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.30054 |
| nProtect | Adware.Vitruvian.B |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 817 scan results for the Search Snacks, LLC files. 171 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 11213239af4ae4c69b97f803376a194f08f4