Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Insta-Download.com? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trojan ( 00454f271 ) and Artemis!5D2B2EB701B3. The detection rate for the Insta-Download.com files collected here is 22%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Insta-Download.com when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the Insta-Download.com certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Insta-Download.com:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Insta-Download.com and that no one has tampered with the file.
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, etc. You can also see the address for Insta-Download.com, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Insta-Download.com certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the Insta-Download.com files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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11/50 | wajam_download_new.exe |
12/55 | 1_Offer_7.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Insta-Download.com files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.3F8 |
AVware | Wajam (fs) |
Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.wajam.45 |
DrWeb | Adware.Searcher.2542 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/Wajam.B |
GData | Win32.Adware.Wajam.B |
K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 00454f271 ) |
K7GW | Trojan ( 00454f271 ) |
Kaspersky | HEUR:Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Generic |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Wajam.A, PUP.Optional.Wajam |
McAfee | Artemis!5D2B2EB701B3, Artemis!F314D12CBD75 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!5D2B2EB701B3, Artemis!Trojan |
Norman | Downloader |
Panda | Trj/Chgt.D |
Symantec | Trojan.ADH.2 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0521, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0714 |
VIPRE | Wajam (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 105 scan reports for the Insta-Download.com files. 23 of these scan reports 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.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: