Free-mium GmbH - 47% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Free-mium GmbH? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11 and PUA.DownloadGuide. The detection rate for the Free-mium GmbH files collected here is 47%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Free-mium GmbH when clicking to run 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 Free-mium GmbH with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Free-mium GmbH file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Free-mium GmbH:
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 Free-mium GmbH 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 view the address for Free-mium GmbH, such as the street name, city and country.
thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Free-mium GmbH certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Free-mium GmbH Files
These are the Free-mium GmbH files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 34/56 | HPU_v2.2.3.exe |
| 26/55 | install-whatsapp.exe |
| 5/56 | vlc-media-player.exe |
| 21/53 | download-audiograbber.exe |
| 26/55 | PDFCreator1.7.2.exe |
| 23/55 | AdobeDownloadAssistant_premiere.exe |
| 23/54 | ASUS_TurboVEVOV_XPVISTAWIN7.zip.exe |
| 21/55 | Ccleaner-2015_074.exe |
| 21/54 | ccleaner-5.14-setup.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Free-mium GmbH files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic37.ATIV, Generic.896 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.29543 |
| AegisLab | Win.Troj.Downloaderguide |
| Agnitum | PUA.Downloader! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.DownloadGuide, Malware/Gen.Generic |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.DownloaderGuide, RiskWare[Downloader:not-a-virus]/Win32.DownloaderGuide |
| Arcabit | PUP.Adware.AdInstaller |
| Avira | PUA/DownloadGuide.901421, PUA/DownloadGuide.4322854, PUA/DownloadGuide.4018891 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.DownloadGuide.D |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.29543 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.59CA |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Freemiumgm1.Gen |
| ClamAV | Win.Trojan.Bancos-2115 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.DownloaderGuide.AC |
| Cyren | W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.ClickMeIn.6904, Adware.ClickMeIn.6086, Adware.Covus.6, Adware.Covus.11, Adware.Covus.14 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/DownloadGuide.D potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.29543 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-7e355680!Eldorado, W32/S-a50644a3!Eldorado, W32/S-20c0085b!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler |
| Fortinet | Riskware/DownloadGuide |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.29543 |
| Ikarus | PUA.DownloadGuide |
| Jiangmin | 1878 |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b87fb1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b87fb1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004ceeee1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloaderGuide.j |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.DownloadGuide |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.hh |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadGuide.11, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.29543 |
| Microsoft | SoftwareBundler:Win32/Bervisec |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Ocna.ebbsag, Riskware.Win32.Covus.eagden, Riskware.Win32.Covus.dzlwyu |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen, HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F], PE:Adware.DownloadGuide!1.A1DB [F] |
| Symantec | SMG.Heur!cg1, PUA.Downloader, SAPE.Heur.C8C47 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Ocna, BScope.Trojan.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Yandex | PUA.Downloader! |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFoxGen.Win32.34, Downloader.DownloaderGuide.Win32.5255 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 3799 scan results for the Free-mium GmbH files. 1789 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:
- 3af8bc0c86618d48c79383622867ab5f