Excellent Apps - 11% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Excellent Apps? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as GamePlayLabs (v) and a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A. The detection rate for the Excellent Apps files collected here is 11%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Excellent Apps when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Excellent Apps with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Excellent Apps file
- Right-click 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 Excellent Apps:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Excellent Apps and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 see the address for Excellent Apps, such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the Excellent Apps certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Excellent Apps Files
The following are the Excellent Apps files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 15/48 | Deal Vault.dll |
| 6/48 | Solid Savings.dll |
| 4/47 | Savings Vault.dll |
| 5/46 | Vid-Saver.dll |
| 6/48 | Coupon-Caddy-ppi-MULTI.exe |
| 14/47 | Shopping Sidekick.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Excellent Apps files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| Avast | Win32:Crossrider-C [PUP] |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.Toolbar.aY |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt, Heur.Suspicious |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.22 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.A, Win32/Packed.ScrambleWrapper.A |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 (B) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| Ikarus | Win32.SuspectCrc |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.215Apps |
| McAfee | Artemis!899A56DD8DEA, Artemis!9B012C887D74, Artemis!23A70C384DE5 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!899A56DD8DEA, Artemis!9B012C887D74, Artemis!23A70C384DE5 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.VidSaver.1 |
| PCTools | Adware.Crossid!rem |
| Sophos | AppRider, Generic PUA EL |
| Symantec | Adware.Crossid |
| TrendMicro | ADW_GAMEPLAYLABS |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | ADW_GAMEPLAYLABS, TROJ_GEN.R0C1H07JN13 |
| VIPRE | GamePlayLabs (v) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 443 scan reports for the Excellent Apps files. 50 of these scan results 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 6d2fb6375d3a8788b735fedbd060732b