Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from INTERNET PROJECT LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Program.Freemake.175 and PUA:Win32/CandyOpen. The detection rate for the INTERNET PROJECT LLC files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice INTERNET PROJECT LLC when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the digital signature details for INTERNET PROJECT LLC with the following steps:
Here's a screengrab of a file signed by INTERNET PROJECT LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by INTERNET PROJECT LLC and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above, you can see 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 view the address for INTERNET PROJECT LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3 has issued the INTERNET PROJECT LLC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the INTERNET PROJECT LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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10/70 | FreemakeVideoDownloaderSetup.exe |
3/68 | ProductUpdater.exe |
1/68 | ProductUpdater.exe |
2/67 | ProductUpdater.exe |
3/65 | ProductUpdater.exe |
3/66 | ProductUpdater.exe |
2/68 | ProductUpdater.exe |
4/68 | ProductUpdater.exe |
4/68 | ProductUpdater.exe |
2/70 | ProductUpdater.exe |
3/73 | ProductUpdater.exe |
Here is the detection names for the INTERNET PROJECT LLC files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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ClamAV | Win.Trojan.Agent-6697829-0 |
Cylance | Unsafe |
Cyren | W32/Trojan.OPNJ-8666 |
DrWeb | Program.Freemake.175, Program.Freemake.174 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Freemake.A potentially unwanted |
Fortinet | Riskware/Freemake |
Microsoft | PUA:Win32/CandyOpen |
Panda | PUP/FreeMake |
Rising | PUA.CandyOpen!8.F604 (CLOUD) |
TrendMicro | PUA.Win32.Freemake.AA |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | PUA.Win32.Freemake.AA, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0512, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0522, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0718 |
eGambit | PUP.Optional.Freemake |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 751 scan reports for the INTERNET PROJECT LLC files. 37 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: