Ammyy - 18% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Ammyy? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.B and Program.RemoteAdmin.701. The detection rate for the Ammyy files collected here is 18%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically see Ammyy when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the additional details from the Ammyy digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Ammyy file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file signed by Ammyy:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Ammyy and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine 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 examine the address for Ammyy, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Ammyy certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Ammyy Files
The following are the Ammyy files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 5/51 | AA_v3.4.exe |
| 12/55 | AA_v3 (1).exe |
| 10/49 | AA_v3.exe |
| 14/49 | AA_v3.exe |
| 7/47 | AA_v3.exe |
| 9/54 | 3054_File_AA_v3.exe |
| 9/55 | AA_v3.exe |
| 5/48 | AA_v3.exe |
| 5/47 | AA_v3.exe |
| 17/57 | AA_v3.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Ammyy files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | RemoteAdmin.DBY |
| AVware | BPX.Trojan.Generic |
| Agnitum | Riskware.RemoteAdmin! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Unwanted/Win32.RemoteAdmin |
| AntiVir | SPR/RemoteAdmin.AG |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[RemoteAdmin:not-a-virus]/Win32.Ammyy, RemoteAdmin/Win32.Ammyy.gen, RemoteAdmin/Win32.Ammyy |
| Avast | Win32:PUP-gen [PUP], Win32:RemoteAdmin-B [PUP] |
| Avira | SPR/RemoteAdmin.CG, SPR/RemoteAdmin.C.1, SPR/AmmyAdmin.768280 |
| Baidu-International | HackTool.Win32.RemoteAdmin.45 |
| Bkav | W32.Clod820.Trojan.0aeb, W32.Clod37b.Trojan.7b07, W32.Clod242.Trojan.0cee, W32.Clodaa2.Trojan.f73c, W32.HfsAdware.FDD6 |
| CMC | RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy!O |
| ClamAV | Win.Trojan.Remoteadmin-141 |
| Cyren | W32/Trojan.MBJE-4966 |
| DrWeb | Program.RemoteAdmin.701, Program.RemoteAdmin.745 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.B, Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.B, Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.A, a variant of Win32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.C potentially unsafe |
| F-Prot | W32/RemoteAdmin.Ammyy |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Ammyy |
| Jiangmin | RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.c, RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.f, RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.q, RemoteAdmin.Agent.e, RemoteAdmin.Ammyy.ei |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0048bc711 ), Unwanted-Program, Trojan ( 004b4cbe1 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0048bc711 ), Unwanted-Program, Trojan ( 004b4cbe1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.bc, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.hq, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.y, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.aj, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.aq, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.ch, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Agent.dx, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.Ammyy.and |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Malware.Generic.a.(kcloud), Win32.HeurC.KVM019.a.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Ammyy.ch.(kcloud) |
| McAfee | Artemis!2CBF5657FFD8, Artemis!26C5005B85C0 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.bh, Artemis!PUP |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.RemoteAdmin.ctkgju, Trojan.Win32.RemoteAdmin.cqwpdg, Riskware.Win32.RemoteAdmin.cvflri, Riskware.Win32.RemoteAdmin.dbybgd, Riskware.Win32.RemoteAdmin.dmjgeu |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Ammyy!6.854, PE:Malware.Ammyy!6.1139, PE:Trojan.Habbo!6.24BC |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.24 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot | RemoteApp.Ammyy.743704 |
| nProtect | Trojan/W32.Agent.730960 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 512 scan reports for the Ammyy files. 93 of these scan results 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.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 52c9e020c4d675a668e1ddeb0ef1167b
- 5f442beeed4174761ded2a9aef47de90
- 18ca484c639d98f0f877b32777cf778d