PUP.BrowserSafeGuard
Posted: October 7, 2013
Threat Metric
The following fields listed on the Threat Meter containing a specific value, are explained in detail below:
Threat Level: The threat level scale goes from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest level of severity and 1 is the lowest level of severity. Each specific level is relative to the threat's consistent assessed behaviors collected from SpyHunter's risk assessment model.
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Volume Count: Similar to the detection count, the Volume Count is specifically based on the number of confirmed and suspected threats infecting systems on a daily basis. High volume counts usually represent a popular threat but may or may not have infected a large number of systems. High detection count threats could lay dormant and have a low volume count. Criteria for Volume Count is relative to a daily detection count.
Trend Path: The Trend Path, utilizing an up arrow, down arrow or equal symbol, represents the level of recent movement of a particular threat. Up arrows represent an increase, down arrows represent a decline and the equal symbol represent no change to a threat's recent movement.
% Impact (Last 7 Days): This demonstrates a 7-day period change in the frequency of a malware threat infecting PCs. The percentage impact correlates directly to the current Trend Path to determine a rise or decline in the percentage.
| Ranking: | 12,269 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 1/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 464,078 |
| First Seen: | August 15, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | March 10, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
PUP.BrowserSafeGuard is a potentially unwanted application, which may be linked to adware, embed unwanted toolbars or have other uncertain goals. PUP.BrowserSafeGuard is not a security threat, but it may include various malevolent functionalities specific to other malware infections. PUP.BrowserSafeGuard may uses tricky techniques to boost traffic of the certain commercial website and make a profit from the pay-per-click technique. PUP.BrowserSafeGuard may infiltrate into the compromised PC packaged with freeware and shareware programs (video recording/streaming, download-managers or PDF creators). PUP.BrowserSafeGuard may also be packed within the custom installer on many unprotected download websites, so if the computer user has downloaded a particular application from these unprotected download websites, he might also installed PUP.BrowserSafeGuard througout the setup process of the particular application.
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File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\System Volume Information\_restore{0521E745-05F2-466A-A52E-66D2EF5F1037}\RP274\A0021256.exe
File name: A0021256.exeSize: 563.2 KB (563200 bytes)
MD5: 09669ff47664a66fdc45c4a018fdc4cf
Detection count: 44,851
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{0521E745-05F2-466A-A52E-66D2EF5F1037}\RP274\A0021256.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 10, 2021
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{0521E745-05F2-466A-A52E-66D2EF5F1037}\RP277\A0021954.exe
File name: A0021954.exeSize: 2.37 MB (2375680 bytes)
MD5: 340de8e4f50a3748d116c3a98aeb97f6
Detection count: 40,935
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{0521E745-05F2-466A-A52E-66D2EF5F1037}\RP277\A0021954.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 4, 2022
C:\System Volume Information\_restore{82F15B29-B35B-41ED-829A-D4B1EAFDEDB5}\RP6\A0001600.exe
File name: A0001600.exeSize: 573.95 KB (573952 bytes)
MD5: c2b530df986f7c5cc8aeff8efb482d68
Detection count: 12,219
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\System Volume Information\_restore{82F15B29-B35B-41ED-829A-D4B1EAFDEDB5}\RP6\A0001600.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 9, 2024
C:\Backup\Documents and Settings\PropriƩtaire\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O96LVVEV\installer[1].exe
File name: installer[1].exeSize: 3.35 MB (3352576 bytes)
MD5: 0b3afdf52cd67bf0bd8e42dfe962ca6d
Detection count: 1,822
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Backup\Documents and Settings\PropriƩtaire\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\O96LVVEV\installer[1].exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\rtinstaller.exe
File name: rtinstaller.exeSize: 4.47 MB (4472320 bytes)
MD5: 2e1c618e96f0a932d5e0c98a8a80cf8b
Detection count: 637
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp\rtinstaller.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: August 18, 2022
C:\Program Files (x86)\BrowserSafeguard\uninstall.BrowserSafeguard.exe
File name: uninstall.BrowserSafeguard.exeSize: 4.59 MB (4599296 bytes)
MD5: d17946a23cad0c21c6fd1daa92c39a32
Detection count: 466
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\BrowserSafeguard\uninstall.BrowserSafeguard.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: February 12, 2022
More files
Registry Modifications
File name without pathBrowserSafeguard.lnkRegexp file mask%WinDir%\System32\Tasks\BrowserSafeguard Update TaskHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\BrowsersafeguardSoftware\BrowsersafeguardInstalledSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserSafeguard_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserSafeguard_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\BrowserSafeguard Update TaskSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\BrowserSafeguardSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\BrowserSafeguard Update TaskSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\BrowsersafeguardSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserSafeguard_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\BrowserSafeguard_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\BrowserSafeguardHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}Browsersafeguard
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