Cyti Web - 40% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Cyti Web? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT and Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH. The detection rate for the Cyti Web files collected here is 40%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably see Cyti Web when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Cyti Web with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Cyti Web file
- Right-click 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 digitally signed by Cyti Web:
As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Cyti Web 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 see the address for Cyti Web, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Cyti Web certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Cyti Web Files
The following are the Cyti Web files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Cyti Web files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| AVG | Generic.64F, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| Agnitum | PUA.BrowseFox!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.SwiftBrowse! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, Adware/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.kam, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.LinkSwift, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent |
| Avast | Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP] |
| Avira | Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, Adware/BrowseFox.A.15, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen4, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.sig, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bA, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bCG, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BCJ, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BCG, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.5A68, W32.HfsAdware.ADE0 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-134, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-749, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Browsefox-144, Win.Adware.Netfilter-183 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.100, Trojan.Yontoo.494, Trojan.BPlug.144 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.A, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CJ, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.V (B), Adware.NetFilter.J (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Adware.BrowseFox.BF (B), Trojan.Generic.12413446 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado, W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-c9609699!Eldorado, W64/A-89938c80!Eldorado, W32/S-7bed2e86!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SwiftBrowse, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dmc, AdWare/Yotoon.kn, AdWare/LinkSwift.acp, AdWare/Yotoon.as |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ), Trojan ( 004b20a11 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| K7GW | DoS-Trojan ( 2001eef81 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:NetTool.Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Kingsoft | Win32.ADWARE.Sourceapp.ac.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.CytiWeb.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!C0A00B23B345, BrowseFox-FUZ, Artemis!EFD2E1409049 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Adware-BrowseFox |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dlaplq, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn, Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dlbdsd |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.618, Win32/Virus.Adware.708, Win32/Virus.NetTool.32d, HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA HP |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0119, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1224 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon, AdWare.Win64.Kranet, AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.1192, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.964, Adware.Yotoon.Win32.143, Adware.Agent.Win32.28157 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.353008, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BF, Trojan.Generic.12413446 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1461 scan reports for the Cyti Web files. 579 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:
- 2ea907673dce80c1af3daa010b4c3ca9