Save Serp Now

Posted: March 18, 2015

Threat Metric

The Threat Meter is a malware assessment that SpywareRemove.com's research team is able to give every identifiable malware threat. Our Threat Meter includes several criteria based off of specific malware threats to value their severity, reach and volume. The Threat Meter is able to give you a numerical breakdown of each threat's initial Threat Level, Detection Count, Volume Count, Trend Path and Percentage Impact. The overall ranking of each threat in the Threat Meter is a basic breakdown of how all threats are ranked within our own extensive malware database. The scoring for each specific malware threat can be easily compared to other emerging threats to draw a contrast in its particular severity. The Threat Meter is a useful tool in the endeavor of seeking a solution to remove a threat or pursue additional analytical research for all types of computer users.

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.

Detection Count: The collective number of confirmed and suspected cases of a particular malware threat. The detection count is calculated from infected PCs retrieved from diagnostic and scan log reports generated by SpyHunter.

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:	9,978
Threat Level:	2/10
Infected PCs:	28,173

First Seen:	March 19, 2015
Last Seen:	February 3, 2025
OS(es) Affected:	Windows

Save Serp Now is classified a Potentially Unwanted Program that typically travels bundled with other free applications. Users may also install the standalone program by downloading it from their official website at saveserpnow.com. Save Serp Now claims to be a data collection tool in order to help the issuance of search engines. Data collection done by Save Serp Now is saved in .txt files or SQL-dump format. Typically, unwanted applications such as Save Serp Now are known to collect information about your browsing habits and display advertisements in order to stimulate traffic to third party websites. Users are not advised to keep unwanted programs like Save Serp Now as they might attract more their kind and cause a decrease in system performance.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

Tutorials: If you wish to learn how to remove malware components manually, you can read the tutorials on how to find malware, kill unwanted processes, remove malicious DLLs and delete other harmful files. Always be sure to back up your PC before making any changes.

The following files were created in the system:

%SYSTEMDRIVE%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SSN\ssn.exe.vir

File name: ssn.exe.vir
Size: 33.79 KB (33792 bytes)
MD5: dc8587c882e1ba4fba6959ba9bac116b
Detection count: 3,099
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SSN\ssn.exe.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 31, 2023

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SSN\ssn.exe

File name: ssn.exe
Size: 42.49 KB (42496 bytes)
MD5: b4e2d80dd3e54a80963d359ac12a68d6
Detection count: 513
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\SSN\ssn.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: July 20, 2024

%APPDATA%\ssn\saveup.exe

File name: saveup.exe
Size: 29.69 KB (29696 bytes)
MD5: 2cc58581a76bd2df515f02b2a870fc5b
Detection count: 28
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\ssn
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 17, 2020

%APPDATA%\ssn\updssn.exe

File name: updssn.exe
Size: 28.67 KB (28672 bytes)
MD5: bb39663a16b4ebf6bebe9c63cf0ce885
Detection count: 7
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %APPDATA%\ssn
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 26, 2020

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\saveup_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\saveup_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ssn_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\ssn_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updssn_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Tracing\updssn_RASMANCSSoftware\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\Save Serp NowSOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\saveup_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\saveup_RASMANCSSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ssn_RASAPI32SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Tracing\ssn_RASMANCSHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}ssn

Additional Information

The following directories were created:

%APPDATA%\ssn