CLARALABSOFTWARE - 10% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by CLARALABSOFTWARE? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.Clara.A and Adware.Goopdate.C. The detection rate for the CLARALABSOFTWARE files collected here is 10%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably see CLARALABSOFTWARE when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the CLARALABSOFTWARE certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the CLARALABSOFTWARE file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by CLARALABSOFTWARE:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by CLARALABSOFTWARE and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 CLARALABSOFTWARE, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 and COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the CLARALABSOFTWARE certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
CLARALABSOFTWARE Files
The following are the CLARALABSOFTWARE files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 3/54 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 1/56 | ce98ac2e-20c0-4a93-86f6-bdb3e61caf55.exe |
| 1/57 | crossbrowser.exe |
| 12/55 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 7/56 | precheck[1].exe |
| 1/53 | bpobrowser_wa_1609-ec098ecf.exe |
| 8/56 | claraupdater.exe |
| 4/57 | 976dea09-70e4-46c4-be44-4abacd4f363c[1].exe |
| 3/56 | 2dc5634e-dffe-4d43-a419-8c920578f600.exe |
| 10/56 | claraupdater.exe |
| 12/55 | claraupdater.exe |
| 14/56 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 4/54 | claraupdater.exe |
| 1/57 | bobrowser.exe |
| 2/56 | 940.tmp |
| 2/57 | crash_service.exe |
| 6/56 | crash_service.exe |
| 3/57 | 3B4F.tmp |
| 1/56 | unicobrowser.exe |
| 5/56 | bobrowser.exe |
| 19/56 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 5/57 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 2/57 | tortuga.exe |
| 8/55 | bobrowser.exe |
| 17/54 | ClaraUpdater.exe |
| 0/56 | claraupdater.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the CLARALABSOFTWARE files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.Goopdate.C |
| AVG | Generic.696 |
| AVware | ClaraLabs (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Suptab.C, Adware.Goopdate.C |
| AegisLab | Adwareare.Cognosads.Gen!c |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.ADH |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Arcabit | Adware.Goopdate.C |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Iminent.926832, ADWARE/CognosAds.928880, ADWARE/Iminent.931952, ADWARE/CognosAds.940760 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.Claraupdater.45, Adware.Win32.InstallCore.71, PUA.Win32.Agent.81, Adware.Win32.Claraupdater.77 |
| BitDefender | Adware.Suptab.C, Adware.Goopdate.C |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Claralabso.Gen |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.CognosAds.~A, ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Adware.Iminent.20, Adware.Iminent.33, Adware.Iminent.63, Adware.Iminent.66, Adware.Iminent.47, Adware.Searcher.2787, Adware.Iminent.50, Adware.Iminent.116 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.CognosAds.A, a variant of Win32/Clonium.A potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Suptab.C (B), Adware.Goopdate.C (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Suptab.C, Adware.Goopdate.C |
| Fortinet | Riskware/CognosAds |
| GData | Adware.Suptab.C, Win32.Adware.Clara.A, Win32.Adware.BoBrowser.A, Adware.Goopdate.C |
| Ikarus | PUA.Toolbar.Iminent |
| Jiangmin | Heur:Trojan/Small |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 ), Adware ( 004d002e1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 ), Adware ( 004d002e1 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.ClaraLabs, PUP.Optional.Clara.A, PUP.Optional.Clara, Adware.CognosAds |
| McAfee | Artemis!FA8B58F49F25, Artemis!F1760929FE95, Artemis!C5D597DEA245, Artemis!79FC37F692F7, Artemis!F665EE65E605, Artemis!BBEEDAF08D43, Artemis!F3ED947FF8E8, Artemis!5B12CDFE264F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.CryptDoma.fh, BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareHotBar.fc, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Suptab.C, Adware.Goopdate.C |
| Panda | PUP/Clara |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM20.Gen, HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:PUF.Clicker.Pimpo!1.9C67, PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F] |
| Sophos | BoBrowser (PUA) |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| Tencent | Win32.Risk.Adware.Svhi |
| TrendMicro | PUA_IMINENT |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1015, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1107, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0416, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0321, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1204, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0421, PUA_IMINENT, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0422 |
| VBA32 | suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h, Malware-Cryptor.Inject.gen |
| VIPRE | ClaraLabs (fs) |
| ViRobot | Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.310920[h] |
| nProtect | Adware.Suptab.C, Adware.Goopdate.C |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1451 scan reports for the CLARALABSOFTWARE files. 151 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of CLARALABSOFTWARE. These are the signer names:
- CLARALABSOFTWARE
- ClaraLabSoftware
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 1121e6e5c72c946a5248674ab7b56e24b246
- 2b0709adbe1f3c
- 112123154e5e0fd1c6c84c77f8890b7472e0
- 008857dcca6beb83363b5b8d19600709ff