BrowseSmart - 27% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by BrowseSmart? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ and MalSign.BrowseSmart.304. The detection rate for the BrowseSmart files collected here is 27%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically see BrowseSmart when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for BrowseSmart with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the BrowseSmart file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by BrowseSmart:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by BrowseSmart and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, and so on. You can also view the address for BrowseSmart, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the BrowseSmart certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
BrowseSmart Files
The following are the BrowseSmart files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the BrowseSmart files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | MalSign.BrowseSmart.304, BrowseSmart.304, AdPlugin.CWT, Generic6.DAP |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.Kranet.ai, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.bfm, GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Arcabit | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-JA [PUP], Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-GA [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.apd, Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, Adware/BrowseFox.apd |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.G, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.71, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BD, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.I, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.81, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.H |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.2625, W32.HfsAdware.E20A |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Browsesmar.Gen, AdWare.Yotoon.A5 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-41785, Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AHJ, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B |
| Cyren | W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.6, Trojan.Yontoo.1734, Trojan.BPlug.35, Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.437 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, Win32/BrowseFox.BD potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.I, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.BY potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado, W32/A-248e95ab!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Ikarus | AdWare.Agent, PUA.BrowseFox, AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.ssl, AdWare/Yotoon.ap, AdWare/Yotoon.aq |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b92811 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b92811 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.BrowseSmart.A, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox, PUP.Optional.SwiftBrowse |
| McAfee | Artemis!18379A354FC1, BrowseFox-FXS, Adware-BrowseFox, BrowseFox-FTR |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!18379A354FC1, BrowseFox-FXS, Adware-BrowseFox, BrowseFox-FTR, BehavesLike.Win64.Suspicious.ph |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.618, Win32/Virus.Adware.fe3 |
| Rising | PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.i!1075357760 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.SwiftBrowse, Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart |
| Symantec | Yontoo |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.6, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Eeil, Win32.Risk.Adware.Eddq |
| TrendMicro | HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0625, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EAP15, HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| VBA32 | AdWare.SwiftBrowse, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon, AdWare.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CJ, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.123680, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1159 scan reports for the BrowseSmart files. 308 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:
- 2324196045b471d3a6a37cf9331711ab