Social Privacy
Posted: January 6, 2014
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| Ranking: | 16,367 |
|---|---|
| Threat Level: | 5/10 |
| Infected PCs: | 83,290 |
| First Seen: | January 6, 2014 |
|---|---|
| Last Seen: | February 21, 2025 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Social Privacy is a fake security add-on for your browser that, ironically, reduces your Web-browsing security by closing programs arbitrarily and making contact with the Socialprivacy.org website. Social Privacy's ultimate goals and intended long-term functions still are being investigated, but malware researchers would consider deleting Social Privacy to be something to be done with the same quickness you'd show when removing any threat. In no situation should you consider Social Privacy's 'security features' to be genuine or advantageous for your browser.
The Hidden Cost of Your Online Privacy
In most cases, browser add-ons that disguise their true intentions are used for loading advertisements or redirecting your browser to a specific website, but, occasionally, malware researchers see something slight more threatening than that. The latest entry into the 'threatening' category of browser add-ons is Social Privacy, which claims to provide features related to detecting and blocking unsafe websites. However, the solid benefits of its security features appear to have been considered irrelevant by most PC users, as, according to its general usage statistics, Social Privacy tends to be uninstalled within a month.
Social Privacy also has at least one, lesser known alias than its main brand name: Trojan.AVKill.28849. Observed behavior that warrants its identification as a threat – rather than just a Potentially Unwanted Program – includes:
- Making unauthorized network contact with its website, socialprivacy.org.
- Terminating at least two types of Web browsers: Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox.
Social Privacy also has a history of being installed along with adware, browser hijackers and other threats. Having your homepage set to sites like Wiresearch.com, seeing pop-up advertisements and seeing advertisement banners injected into random Web pages are some of the symptoms seen in the latest attacks. Social Privacy doesn't necessarily cause these symptoms, but its own functions run counter to the safety and performance of your PC.
Cutting Social Privacy Off from Your Online Social Life
Although only a slim minority of PC security companies have identified Social Privacy as such, Social Privacy has some of the essential traits of a threat, and should be treated as unsafe to your PC as long as Social Privacy is installed. Malware researchers were able to track down some of Social Privacy's most recent distribution strategies as of December 2013. Fraudulent software updates for Firefox and other popular browsers appear to be carrying Social Privacy, along with other, unrelated threatening programs.
True security for your PC, first and foremost, comes from recognizing the harmful traits of overly-invasive programs, such as Social Privacy's tendency to close your Web browsers. In any incident where you feel that Social Privacy is involved, reboot the affected PC into Safe Mode, which blocks the automatic start up routines of most threatening programs. Afterward, run an anti-malware scan with the most thorough system-scanning options that are available. Any other way of deleting Social Privacy takes the risk of allowing Social Privacy, or software related to Social Privacy, continuing to harm your computer's security.
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File System Modifications
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The following files were created in the system:C:\Program Files (x86)\Social Privacy\sp64.dll
File name: sp64.dllSize: 150.52 KB (150528 bytes)
MD5: 35201e91ba535effb625f3af30125d4f
Detection count: 9,502
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Social Privacy\sp64.dll
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 11, 2021
C:\Qoobox\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\Social Privacy\sp.Dll.vir
File name: sp.Dll.virSize: 104.96 KB (104960 bytes)
MD5: 8c363809729f4594660038d85fcb2e48
Detection count: 726
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: C:\Qoobox\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\Social Privacy\sp.Dll.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 22, 2020
%PROGRAMFILES%\Social Privacy\uninstall.exe
File name: uninstall.exeSize: 63.41 KB (63415 bytes)
MD5: 97db530d618a8deec6371088b499aae7
Detection count: 47
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Social Privacy
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 6, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES%\Social Privacy\sp.dll
File name: sp.dllSize: 125.44 KB (125440 bytes)
MD5: 64741a358481195b88e0b22b71c903b6
Detection count: 7
File type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Path: %PROGRAMFILES%\Social Privacy
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 6, 2014
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Social Privacy DNS\dnswatch.exe
File name: dnswatch.exeSize: 148.73 KB (148736 bytes)
MD5: eb60e4fdc918ded2ef630526bd4130f7
Detection count: 6
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\Social Privacy DNS
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 17, 2014
[SYSTEM32]\regsvr32.exe /s "%PROGRAM_FILES%\Social Privacy\sp.dll"
File name: [SYSTEM32]\regsvr32.exe /s "%PROGRAM_FILES%\Social Privacy\sp.dll"Mime Type: unknown/dll"
Group: Malware file
%HomePath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KHMHGZ4F\postinstall[1].php
File name: %HomePath%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\KHMHGZ4F\postinstall[1].phpMime Type: unknown/php
Group: Malware file
%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\cwdgt0y8.default\user.js
File name: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\cwdgt0y8.default\user.jsFile type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Group: Malware file
%Temp%\nsm2.tmp\Processes.dll
File name: %Temp%\nsm2.tmp\Processes.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
%Temp%\nsm2.tmp\inetc.dll
File name: %Temp%\nsm2.tmp\inetc.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
%Temp%\nsm2.tmp\System.dll
File name: %Temp%\nsm2.tmp\System.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\overlay.xul
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\overlay.xulMime Type: unknown/xul
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\main.js
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\main.jsFile type: JavaScript file
Mime Type: unknown/js
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\Uninstall.exe
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\Uninstall.exeFile type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\r.log
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\r.logMime Type: unknown/log
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\code.zip
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\code.zipMime Type: unknown/zip
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\icon.png
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome\content\icon.pngMime Type: unknown/png
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\sp.dll
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\sp.dllFile type: Dynamic link library
Mime Type: unknown/dll
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome.manifest
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\chrome.manifestMime Type: unknown/manifest
Group: Malware file
%Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\install.rdf
File name: %Program_Files%\Social Privacy\FF\install.rdfMime Type: unknown/rdf
Group: Malware file
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Registry Modifications
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