Adverts Technologies – 25% Detection Rate – PUP.Optional.Adverts / ToDownload

Hi there! Just a quick post on a file named mediaplayer_update.exe signed by Adverts Technologies.

Adverts Technologies publisher

You can also see the Adverts Technologies certificate by looking under the Digital Signature tab on the file’s properties. According to the certificate, Adverts Technologies is located in Moscow, Russia.

Adverts Technologies cert

The issue with the Adverts Technologies file is that it is detected by many of the antimalware progams. Here are some of the detection names: Generic.E4D, PUP.Optional.Adverts, HEUR/QVM06.1.Malware.Gen, InstallCore ToDownload (PUA), SAPE.InstallCore.2505, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT and Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.128816.

Adverts Technologies anti-virus

Did you also find an Adverts Technologies? Do you remember the download link? Please post it in the comments below and I’ll upload it to VirusTotal to see if that one is also detected.

Thanks for reading.