ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV – 30% Detection Rate at VirusTotal

Hi there! Just a quick post on a file digitally signed by ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV.

ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV publisher

If you have a ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV file on your machine you may have noticed that ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV is displayed as the publisher in the UAC dialog when double-clicking on the file. The certificate is issued by Certum Code Signing CA.

ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV certificate

17 of the 56 anti-virus scanners detected the file. Avast classifies it as Win32:FakeDownload-E [PUP], Avira detects it as TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen, F-Secure classifies it as Gen:Variant.Adware.MPlug, Tencent reports Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.2 and VBA32 detects it as suspected of Heur.Malware-Cryptor.Multiplug.

ALEKSANDR SHORNIKOV virus total report

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