Discordia Limited - 1.1% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a file that has a digital signature from Discordia Limited? If that's the case, please read on.

You'll probably notice Discordia Limited when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Discordia Limited appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the additional details from the Discordia Limited digital signature with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screencap of a file digitally signed by Discordia Limited:

Screenshot of the Discordia Limited certificate

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 Discordia Limited and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, etc. You can also view the address for Discordia Limited, such as the street name, city and country.

Thawte Code Signing CA has issued the Discordia Limited certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Discordia Limited Files

These are the Discordia Limited files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
3/50SearchquDx.dll
1/47IEBHO.dll
1/41datamngr.dll
1/46searchcoredtx.dll
1/47IEBHO.dll
1/42datamngr.dll
1/46datamngr.dll
1/48DATAMN~1.EXE
0/43datamngr.dll
0/49DataMngrUI.exe
0/41jZipShell.dll
0/41WebmailPlugin.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Discordia Limited files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ESET-NOD32Win32/Adware.Bandoo, probably a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B, Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite
NOD32Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite
SymantecWS.Reputation.1
VBA32Adware.Bandoo
ViRobotAdware.SearchQu.87488

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 929 scan reports for the Discordia Limited files. 10 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

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

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