Evangelion Group - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Evangelion Group? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.727 and Crossrider (fs). The detection rate for the Evangelion Group files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Evangelion Group when running 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 Evangelion Group certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Evangelion Group 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 that has been signed by Evangelion Group:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Evangelion Group and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for Evangelion Group, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Evangelion Group certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Evangelion Group Files
These are the Evangelion Group files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Evangelion Group files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.727 |
| AVware | Crossrider (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.CrossRider, PUP/Win32.BHO |
| AntiVir | ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper, Trojan/NSIS.GoogUpdate |
| Avast | Win32:Crossrider-M [PUP], Win32:Malware-gen |
| Avira | ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7, ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAG |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Crossrider.33273, Trojan.Crossrider.30979, Trojan.Crossrider.33270, Trojan.Crossrider.28203, Trojan.Crossrider.27854, Trojan.Crossrider.28708 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AQ, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AK, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.F, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AJ, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.I, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AF, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AG |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-9ad4719b!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 |
| Fortinet | W32/GoogUpdate.AF!tr, W32/GoogUpdate.AG!tr |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Win32.Adware.Crossrider.K, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1, Win32.Adware.Crossrider.N |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider, AdWare.Adload, PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider, PUA.CrossRider, Trojan.GoogUpdate, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CroRi |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004a970a1 ), Adware ( 004a970b1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a9d071 ), Trojan ( 0049ee3e1 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004a970a1 ), Adware ( 004a970b1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a9d071 ), Trojan ( 0049ee3e1 ) |
| Kaspersky | Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate.ck |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.NSIS.cq.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.NSIS.ck.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.InfoHD.A, PUP.Optional.HighQuality.A, PUP.Optional.HDQuality.A, PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A, PUP.Optional.CinemaPlus.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!3D4F312BB7B4, Artemis!685F4B0FE0F8, Artemis!59704635BA6B, Artemis!49F6BF7B58AE |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Artemis!59704635BA6B, Artemis!49F6BF7B58AE |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.ddtlmb |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen, Trj/Chgt.B |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.a87, Win32/Trojan.921 |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59 |
| Sophos | AppRider, Mal/Generic-S |
| Symantec | Adware.BL, Adware.Crossid |
| Tencent | Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Woqh, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Swkq, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Pgxa |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0808 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Adwapper |
| VIPRE | Crossrider (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.269 |
| nProtect | Trojan/W32.Agent.567152 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 907 scan results for the Evangelion Group files. 188 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0095e2a1168ff10f1d56cf5ffe4abc7450