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Speed Browser

Posted: October 16, 2014

Threat Metric

Ranking: 9,239
Threat Level: 1/10
Infected PCs: 708,490
First Seen: August 21, 2014
Last Seen: March 3, 2025
OS(es) Affected: Windows

Speed Browser is an ad-supported browser that is published by Eager Wire Apps. Speed Browser's executable file is named 'chrome.exe'; however there are additional files installed with it named 'shortcut.exe' and 'wow_helper.exe'. The browser itself is not malicious in any way, and yet Speed Browser offers users an unreliable low-level search engine that is called 'Trovi Search'. Speed Browser is also associated with Conduit, so according to reputable anti-malware software this application is classified as unwanted. Speed Browser relies on third parties for the offered search service in order to realize profits. This is because the browser is built on the Chromium open source project that uses a built-in search for monetization.

Aliases

Downloader.DCL [AVG]Artemis!241A50559F72 [McAfee]Artemis [McAfee-GW-Edition]Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] [Avast]WS.Reputation.1 [Symantec]Speed Browser [Sophos]Adware.Conduit.152 [DrWeb]

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\chrome.exe File name: chrome.exe
Size: 823.29 KB (823296 bytes)
MD5: ffbd250fc17f3c40d95c38a6148a005a
Detection count: 5,340
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\chrome.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: September 1, 2022
%SYSTEMDRIVE%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\browser.exe.vir File name: browser.exe.vir
Size: 801.28 KB (801280 bytes)
MD5: e251b41498ea68706da8d41616b3e2eb
Detection count: 3,619
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: %SYSTEMDRIVE%\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\browser.exe.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: January 30, 2023
C:\Users\<username>\Creative Cloud Files\Downloads\browser (1).exe File name: browser (1).exe
Size: 807.42 KB (807424 bytes)
MD5: f481d6e385c38b6b6e63391f82ae426b
Detection count: 3,047
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Users\<username>\Creative Cloud Files\Downloads\browser (1).exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 6, 2022
%WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\LaunchBrowser_ed.exe File name: LaunchBrowser_ed.exe
Size: 13.75 KB (13752 bytes)
MD5: 250eb2d2cdbfb917c093c33b338c530c
Detection count: 1,120
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %WINDIR%\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Roaming\LaunchBrowser_ed.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 8, 2024
C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\shortcut.exe File name: shortcut.exe
Size: 209.92 KB (209920 bytes)
MD5: 344866a783f6296dcb29da57b98c6f7e
Detection count: 1,108
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\shortcut.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 3, 2025
C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\44.0.2367.0\Installer\chrmstp.exe.vir File name: chrmstp.exe.vir
Size: 994.81 KB (994816 bytes)
MD5: fa9bb994f3ca59bd7766a2771d08c81d
Detection count: 574
Mime Type: unknown/vir
Path: C:\AdwCleaner\Quarantine\C\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\44.0.2367.0\Installer\chrmstp.exe.vir
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: April 23, 2022
C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\LaunchBrowser.exe File name: LaunchBrowser.exe
Size: 13.75 KB (13752 bytes)
MD5: 4e19ddc8deae5f3ae4ab09a3aea75f7a
Detection count: 567
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\speed browser\Application\LaunchBrowser.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: October 27, 2023
c:\program files (x86)\speed browser\application\48.0.2564.103\installer\chrmstp.exe File name: chrmstp.exe
Size: 1.1 MB (1108480 bytes)
MD5: 7a075bd46d01a1724e0edc8adbc6bb2e
Detection count: 375
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: c:\program files (x86)\speed browser\application\48.0.2564.103\installer\chrmstp.exe
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: December 26, 2020
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\bprompt.exe File name: bprompt.exe
Size: 29.18 KB (29184 bytes)
MD5: 46968348d5ed2f4f29d08e5f146ee780
Detection count: 94
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 30, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

CLSID{B33BD6CF-BF4C-4CF0-AC84-B2974BC14ABD}File name without pathspeed browser.lnkRegexp file mask%Appdata%\LaunchBrowser_ed.exeHKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Classes\.htm\OpenWithProgIds\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\.html\OpenWithProgIds\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\.shtml\OpenWithProgids\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\.webp\OpenWithProgids\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\.xht\OpenWithProgIds\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\.xhtml\OpenWithProgIds\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\speed browserHTMSOFTWARE\Classes\speed_browserSOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\speed browserSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ApplicationAssociationToasts\speed browserHTM_httpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ApplicationAssociationToasts\speed browserHTM_httpsSOFTWARE\RegisteredApplications\speed browserSOFTWARE\speed browserSOFTWARE\SpeedBrowserSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Clients\StartMenuInternet\speed browserSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\RegisteredApplications\speed browserSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\speed browserSOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SpeedBrowserHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\[APPLICATION]\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall..{Uninstaller}speed browser

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\speed browser%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\speed browser%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\speed browser%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\speed browser%LOCALAPPDATA%\speed browser%PROGRAMFILES%\speed browser%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\speed browser%UserProfile%\Local Settings\Application Data\speed browser
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