Bellaphant - 16% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Bellaphant? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic5.ARBG and Win32.Application.BrowseFox.B. The detection rate for the Bellaphant files collected here is 16%. Please read on for more details.

You'll probably see Bellaphant when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Bellaphant appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the Bellaphant certificate with the following steps:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Bellaphant file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Bellaphant:

Screenshot of the Bellaphant certificate

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Bellaphant 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 Bellaphant, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Bellaphant certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Bellaphant Files

The following are the Bellaphant files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
3/52Bellaphant_mg_.exe
13/51Bellaphantbho.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Bellaphant files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric5.ARBG
AntiVirAPPL/BrowseFox.Gen2
ComodoApplication.Win32.Altbrowse.AK
DrWebTrojan.BPlug.17
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F
GDataWin32.Application.BrowseFox.B
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx
KingsoftWin32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud)
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.Bellaphant.A
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd
RisingNS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF
SUPERAntiSpywareAdware.BrowseFox/Variant
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.F47V0428
VBA32AdWare.Agent
VIPREYontoo, Yontoo (fs)

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 103 scan results for the Bellaphant files. 16 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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