EnhanceTronic - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by EnhanceTronic? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.BrowseFox.BN and Adware.BrowseFox.V. The detection rate for the EnhanceTronic files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see EnhanceTronic 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 also view the EnhanceTronic certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the EnhanceTronic 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 signed by EnhanceTronic:
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 EnhanceTronic 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 EnhanceTronic, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the EnhanceTronic certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
EnhanceTronic Files
The following are the EnhanceTronic files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 11/48 | EnhanceTronicbho.dll |
| 3/50 | updateEnhanceTronic.exe |
| 7/50 | EnhanceTronicbho.dll |
| 11/51 | utilenhancetronic.exe |
| 2/52 | {a414b9c8-afb5-4899-b1dc-d307d6e50473}t.sys |
| 4/51 | updateEnhanceTronic.exe |
| 5/54 | utilenhancetronic.exe |
| 16/54 | tstlibg.sys |
| 19/57 | EnhanceTronic.BrowserAdapter64.exe |
| 17/55 | EnhanceTronicBHO.dll |
| 24/56 | {912bcd47-ba32-41f4-9844-1a79910ab4a6}w.sys |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the EnhanceTronic files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| AVG | Generic_r.YJ, BrowseFox.F, Generic.C9C |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | AdWare/Win32.Agent, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.enha, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.CN, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-378, Win.Adware.Netfilter-134 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM, TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.10, Trojan.BPlug.35, Trojan.BPlug.117, Trojan.Yontoo.1022, Trojan.BPlug.175, Tool.NetFilter.313 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.BK, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CN potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW (B), Adware.BrowseFox.BN (B), Adware.BrowseFox.V (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-dd00b781!Eldorado, W32/S-aba79093!Eldorado, W32/A-76f53fd6!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/LinkSwift.acd |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.EnhanceTronic.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!B68EF3DBCD54, BrowseFox-FUU, Artemis!E41618AEED82 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!B68EF3DBCD54, BrowseFox-FUU, Adware-BrowseFox |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.ctpvks, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcxxfx, Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dlidpu, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.618 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Trojan.Hoster |
| Sophos | Generic PUA JP, Browse Fox |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0111, TROJ_GEN.F47V0225, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1216 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Yotoon, AdWare.Kranet, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Adware.Agent, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.AW, Adware.BrowseFox.BN, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 578 scan results for the EnhanceTronic files. 119 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
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 47011a69da61bb00374559218bf5d8a3
- 0a0c295a9825b59657b7b4273d503547