Interesting Solutions - 23% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Interesting Solutions? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate and Adware/PullUpdate. The detection rate for the Interesting Solutions files collected here is 23%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Interesting Solutions when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the Interesting Solutions certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Interesting Solutions file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Interesting Solutions:
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 Interesting Solutions 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for Interesting Solutions, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Interesting Solutions certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Interesting Solutions Files
These are the Interesting Solutions files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 8/54 | jfqtyphwkti.exe |
| 5/53 | bmdrcsy.exe |
| 15/55 | bzouoa.exe |
| 3/54 | baqhlqpoym.exe |
| 16/56 | BTyIyt.exe |
| 15/55 | PhBMoGptul.exe |
| 8/55 | mFLPIRBOfwR.exe |
| 3/55 | IGcSYMddO.exe |
| 15/55 | SqhhRuc.exe |
| 14/54 | duaTkIFqDxt.exe |
| 10/57 | mfgjjkibhbe.exe |
| 3/55 | WcFkiG.exe |
| 4/54 | BGFmJtPx.exe |
| 10/52 | IVWMzuJ.exe |
| 10/55 | uninstall.exe |
| 15/54 | GPbdiaY.dll |
| 13/54 | TCAgBFm.exe |
| 8/56 | OUOhyPlUX.dll |
| 11/55 | AUgRke.dll |
| 14/57 | yoeukmyiwnr.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Interesting Solutions files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Downloader.CBD, Downloader.BSH, Interesting.2B8 |
| AVware | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate, Injekt (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Agnitum | PUA.PullUpdate! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Meteroids |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7, ADWARE/Adware.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.BG, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bG, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bF, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bE, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.G, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.BF |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.ECCA |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt, UnclassifiedMalware |
| DrWeb | Adware.Yontoo.55, Adware.Downware.8565 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.F, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.E |
| Fortinet | Adware/PullUpdate |
| GData | Win32.Application.AstroArcade.A |
| Ikarus | PUA.Downloader |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004afdd71 ), Adware ( 004b06651 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 044444441 ), Trojan ( 020000001 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ), DoS-Trojan ( 2007c2b71 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.InstaShare.A, PUP.Optional.WebGuard.A, PUP.Optional.AstroArcade.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!27C707AB2F27, Artemis!5707AE1812B3, Artemis!FCBC08BE034A, Artemis!0AAF233BD65E, Artemis!243986DE1567, Artemis!4E3620F3D2EE, Artemis!D3E079BBDB63, Artemis!318C35CF1938, Artemis!236B1D00B8AB, RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2h, Artemis!1DF0B3453C9D |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win64.Trojan.pc, BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.pc, BehavesLike.Win32.Trojan.pc, BehavesLike.Win64.PUP.th, RDN/Generic PUP.x!c2h |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Downware.dhdcgg, Trojan.Win64.Downware.dhdcgg |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17604177!392184183 |
| Sophos | Pull Update, Generic PUA OD, Generic PUA AE |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R02KC0OJK14 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V047, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1220, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1106, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1112, TROJ_GEN.R02KC0OJK14, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0113 |
| VIPRE | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate, Injekt (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 1377 scan results for the Interesting Solutions files. 314 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review 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:
- 7aa52a387dff197f28163bddc97b61ea
- 65bac0c20ebc1780150dda8808b0161a