Giner Tech Inc - 34% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Giner Tech Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SearchProtect.W and W32.HfsAdware.3378. The detection rate for the Giner Tech Inc files collected here is 34%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Giner Tech Inc when double-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 view the digital signature details for Giner Tech Inc with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Giner Tech Inc file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Giner Tech Inc:
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 Giner Tech Inc and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 see the address for Giner Tech Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 and GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2 has issued the Giner Tech Inc certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Giner Tech Inc Files
These are the Giner Tech Inc files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 28/57 | ProtectService.exe |
| 30/55 | ProtectService.exe |
| 14/57 | SupTab.dll |
| 16/56 | SupTab.dll |
| 17/57 | SupTab.dll |
| 17/57 | supta%USERNAME%.dll |
| 13/57 | ProtectService.exe |
| 15/57 | SupTab.dll |
| 18/57 | CmdShell.exe |
| 32/57 | protectservice.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Giner Tech Inc files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
| AVG | Generic.D6D, Generic.D0A |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.SearchProtect, Adware.Win32.SubTab |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.SubTab!, PUA.SearchProtect! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.SearchProtect, PUP/Win32.SubTab |
| Avast | Win32:GenMaliciousA-EHB [PUP], Win32:GenMaliciousA-FDO [PUP] |
| Avira | PUA/SearchProtect.EH, PUA/Subtab.Gen, PUA/SearchProtect.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.ELEX.BM, PUA.Win32.Thinknice.B, Adware.Win32.SearchProtect.ky |
| BitDefender | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.E678, W32.HfsAdware.3378, W32.HfsAdware.B6F9, W32.HfsAdware.44AB |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.SupTab |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, ApplicUnwnt |
| Cyren | W32/SearchProtect.C.gen!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.Mutabaha.266, Adware.Mutabaha.383, Adware.Mutabaha.117 |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win32/ELEX.BM potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Thinknice.B potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/ELEX.BM potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SearchProtect.W (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/SearchProtect.C.gen!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Elex, Riskware/Thinknice, W32/Thinknice.B |
| GData | Adware.SearchProtect.W, Win32.Application.Agent.XA2F2X, Win32.Application.Agent.K7R4RQ, Win32.Application.SearchProtect.AA@gen |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SearchProtect.g, AdWare/SearchProtect.f |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004b5c571 ), Adware ( 004bc0e71 ), Trojan ( 004b75c31 ), Adware ( 004bbc741 ), Adware ( 004bd17b1 ), Trojan ( 004b4c001 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0049ebb41 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004b5c571 ), Adware ( 004bc0e71 ), Trojan ( 004b75c31 ), Adware ( 004bbc741 ), Adware ( 004bd17b1 ), Trojan ( 004b4c001 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0049ebb41 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.XTab.A, PUP.Optional.Giner, PUP.Optional.SupTab.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!2F0A0B2DD4C3, Artemis!0DC87C239674, Artemis!6E93D6D8C9B0 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.SearchProtect.dpvtwk |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.ec7, HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| Sophos | ThinkNice, Generic PUA BE, SearchProtect, Generic PUA EO |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, SearchProtect |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R00GC0ED815, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OD815 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0317, TROJ_GEN.R00GC0ED815, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0310, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OD815, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0609, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0319, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0421 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.SearchProtect |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.SearchProtect, Adware.Win32.SubTab |
| ViRobot | Adware.SearchProtect.158816.A[h] |
| Zillya | Adware.SearchProtect.Win32.20, Adware.SubTab.Win32.10, Adware.SearchProtect.Win32.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.SearchProtect.W |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 5210 scan results for the Giner Tech Inc files. 1794 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 1121d21e36141c13fca32f5b7b875c9ff096
- 112167537f02b71858d5aa3fc5d6cbb4265c
- 11217bffa9afe837bd664e9cb1c88f7c50d3
- 11219c73281cf686abe7615f4bfa65775811
- 112186b135d0152cd8ea8d04b67d2a0ccf34