Great Apps - 26% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Great Apps? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.023 and PUP.Optional.CrimeWatch.A. The detection rate for the Great Apps files collected here is 26%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Great Apps when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Great Apps certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Great Apps file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Great Apps:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Great Apps 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 examine the address for Great Apps, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Great Apps certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Great Apps Files
These are the Great Apps files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 3/57 | KJKUUkfjh.exe |
| 9/57 | kaovqxx.exe |
| 9/57 | FYsvTebfxny.exe |
| 9/56 | FZhbdA.exe |
| 22/57 | hwnoEuVMAcv.dll |
| 16/57 | QWSGMEIqjX.exe |
| 4/57 | jjYyEwNhAWu.exe |
| 6/57 | lEOiTENXzR.exe |
| 10/57 | YctWrq.exe |
| 7/57 | oInzTRmMWk.exe |
| 25/55 | ghqFzM.dll |
| 25/56 | QrAMQgT.exe |
| 21/55 | bPRcOUMG.exe |
| 25/55 | JbftXi.exe |
| 9/57 | tYrbyAKukJt.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Great Apps files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| AVG | Generic.023 |
| AVware | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, PUA.PullUpdate! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.PullUpdate, Adware/Win32.PullUpdate |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/MSIL.PullUpdate.m, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen, Win32:Evo-gen [Susp] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7, ADWARE/PullUpdate.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.N, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.K |
| BitDefender | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.346B |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Adware.Yontoo.68 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.N.gen, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.K.gen |
| Emsisoft | Adware.PullUpdate.AW (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Adware/PullUpdate |
| GData | Win32.Application.Agent.FF9DJF, Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Agent |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SaMon.bh |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b5d681 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b5d681 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.hgwu, not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate.m |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.CrimeWatch.A, PUP.Optional.ZombieInvasion.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!F3432B7CFE05, Artemis!26C917005D72, Artemis!CC678FFC2179, Artemis!44897EE4BAA7, Artemis!2E0988E6ED8A |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.drfudr, Trojan.Win64.Downware.dhdcgg |
| Panda | PUP/CrimeWatch, Generic Suspicious, Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
| Sophos | Generic PUA IO, Generic PUA PP, Generic PUA JE, Generic PUA IE |
| Symantec | Adware.CrimeWatch, WS.Reputation.1, Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Eawh, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Hssv, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.29, Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.18, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Syru, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Swar, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Taex, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Hrfl, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Wtoh |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE515, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE115, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OEK15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0307, TROJ_GEN.R08NH07FD15, TROJ_GEN.R08NH05FD15, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0224, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0305, TROJ_GEN.R0C1H07D315, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE515, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OE115, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OEK15 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent, TScope.Trojan.MSIL |
| VIPRE | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
| nProtect | Adware.PullUpdate.AW |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 2086 scan results for the Great Apps files. 551 of these scan reports 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 18da5d77283e42e4ea6279778229ffba