Cherished Technololgy LIMITED - 15% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Cherished Technololgy LIMITED? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Mutabaha.672 and Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF. The detection rate for the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED files collected here is 15%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Cherished Technololgy LIMITED when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Cherished Technololgy LIMITED:
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 Cherished Technololgy LIMITED and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Cherished Technololgy LIMITED, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 and GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2 has issued the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Cherished Technololgy LIMITED Files
The following are the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 3/55 | wminipro.exe |
| 3/53 | WMiniPro.exe |
| 2/56 | ProtectWindowsManager.exe |
| 7/55 | wminipro.exe |
| 7/53 | ProtectWindowsManager.exe |
| 3/56 | wfini.exe |
| 15/56 | SSFK_v2.0.6.59.exe |
| 4/55 | ProtectWindowsManager.exe |
| 2/56 | wfini.exe |
| 3/57 | WFini.exe |
| 21/54 | wminipro.exe |
| 6/54 | wminipro.exe |
| 20/54 | ProtectWindowsManager.exe |
| 7/54 | WdMan.exe |
| 19/55 | SSFK_2.0.6.67.exe |
| 4/57 | WFini.exe |
| 4/54 | WdMan.exe |
| 14/56 | WdMan.exe |
| 7/56 | WFini.exe |
| 3/54 | WdMan.exe |
| 3/56 | WFini.exe |
| 31/55 | WFini.exe |
| 6/55 | WMiniPro.exe |
| 6/56 | wfini.exe |
| 0/55 | WinManPro.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 |
| AVG | Generic.EBC, Generic.FB3, Generic.881 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2, Adware.Downloader.BO, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 |
| AegisLab | Win.Adware.Browsefox.mkGA, Troj.W32.Gen.mbiy, Adwareare.Mutabaha.Zrch!c |
| Agnitum | PUA.WProtManager!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.PcClient, PUP/Win32.SupTab |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Arcabit | Trojan.Adware.Elex.2, Application.Elex.P, Trojan.Adware.Jaik.D2649 |
| Avira | ADWARE/ELEX.338056, TR/Agent.302216, ADWARE/ELEX.330752, ADWARE/ELEX.302248, ADWARE/ELEX.yham, ADWARE/Mutabaha.zrch |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF, Adware.Win32.ELEX.GF, Adware.Win32.ELEX.FO, Trojan.Win32.Generic.aa |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2, Application.Elex.P, Adware.Downloader.BO, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 |
| Bkav | W32.Clodd1c.Trojan.e0e8 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.Suptab.018937 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.ELEX.F, Application.Win32.ELEX.EXE |
| Cyren | W32/Adware.ITPB-4454 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Mutabaha.672, Adware.Mutabaha.1051, Adware.Mutabaha.884, Adware.Mutabaha.1286 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/ELEX.GF potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/ELEX.FO potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/ELEX.GN potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/ELEX.HS potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2 (B), Adware.Downloader.BO (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 (B) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex, Application.Elex.P, Adware.Downloader.BO, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor |
| Fortinet | Adware/WProtManager, Riskware/Elex, Malware_Generic.P0 |
| GData | Win32.Adware.Graftor.B, Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2, Application.Elex.P, Adware.Downloader.BO, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.WProtManager, PUA.SubTab, Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent, AdWare.Elex, not-a-virus:AdWare.ELEX, Trojan-Downloader.Agent |
| Jiangmin | Backdoor.Zegost.hv |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004cf7a41 ), Adware ( 004ef82d1 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004cf7a41 ), Adware ( 004ef82d1 ) |
| Kaspersky | HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.WindowsProtectManager, PUP.Optional.ChinAd, PUP.Optional.Elex |
| McAfee | Artemis!E8BBA872BF21, Artemis!488866E4281D, Artemis!1B9111D7486B, Artemis!F225C62C7310, Artemis!3F076A78611B |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Elex.2, Application.Elex.P, Adware.Downloader.BO, Gen:Variant.Adware.Jaik.9801, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.285315 |
| Microsoft | BrowserModifier:Win32/SupTab |
| Panda | PUP/TencentQQLive |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F], Malware.Undefined!8.C-NlJso7Ozw4L (Cloud), Malware.Generic!oW6CSEqcnaS@5 (Thunder) |
| Sophos | Generic PUA BD (PUA), Generic PUA ME (PUA), Generic PUA FA (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Generic.Pefx, Win32.Trojan.Generic.Dzsv, Win32.Adware.Downloader.F21d |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot | Adware.Elex.301704[h], Adware.Suptab.534216[h] |
| Yandex | PUA.Mutabaha! |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.147131 |
| nProtect | Adware.Downloader.BO |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 1707 scan reports for the Cherished Technololgy LIMITED files. 257 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 112158452984f80935ceb0668cfc9d236866
- 1121fd3fb625bda310a94b3cc11796e848c4
- 11215bd52ce822e39f61aae0642b2f566abd
- 1121a46fcfb9cfe96cf12864cd42a714913c
- 112165770691d511a8ca07a28c5e7c2a5e41
- 1121bc726e8679e7468d2281bcb930057dfd
- 1121d343ceadb8041bac48b044906c5e105e
- 112119fce9180b63f4fbadc6d2ce2687aea7
- 11211e53dc7cfc98a02edfd9d3c6200ddb65
- 11216c786fbe1a5d8dc6671d120fe1212af6
- 112142a87c42747f5b28623bab83eeb870fb
- 11210e02b6c79c0a0c137e471d1bb82cdd73
- 1121ab698bd08d1ea68579cbe903d58ca9f5
- 112152f0b3d12e8797fd52ad3d09ca21d59f
- 112187231841022503fe5197dd2aa65721ae
- 1121e0d607ba27c0b92b74b7389d8c6c9968
- 1121c94772f15b6a8f23e5dd1ed9a61ab4a0
- 1121bf7642ae52a6dd8fa33f6fcb0233f0ba
- 112186b1ae8f52f4e96ae9c0d1798e05723e
- 1121cf26cd00cff94c66a2db425437aebcf8
- 11213b308ca360ce2239ef9ee1a13cc6227c