Klip Pal - 31% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Klip Pal? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.E53 and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the Klip Pal files collected here is 31%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Klip Pal when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Klip Pal certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Klip Pal file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file digitally signed by Klip Pal:
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 Klip Pal and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 Klip Pal, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Klip Pal certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Klip Pal Files
The following are the Klip Pal files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Klip Pal files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | BrowseFox.F, AdPlugin.CWT, Generic.E53 |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Agnitum | PUA.Toolbar.Agent!, Riskware.NetFilter!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent.bae, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-FX [PUP], Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.V, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.7F86 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-41785, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-284, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Agent-22685 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| Cyren | W32/S-ad054542!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.144, Trojan.Yontoo.1734, Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.281, Tool.NetFilter.1 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.V potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.M, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-ad054542!Eldorado, W64/A-abca7297!Eldorado, W64/A-bd57be8c!Eldorado, W64/A-89938c80!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W64/A-6238163f!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.BrowseFox, PUA.BrowseFox, not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.ssl |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0040f97c1 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 0040f97c1 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.bae, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win64.Yotoon.e |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.KlipPal.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!A17DD62FB449, Artemis!C0C8B9A92C61, Artemis!4857BF0CCDE5, BrowseFox |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win64.Suspicious.qh, BrowseFox |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn, Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dihwgv |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.6, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Pcst |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1117, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1110 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.52012, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CY, Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1206 scan reports for the Klip Pal files. 379 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 59a8a4cf2048a90f9ae8754a98a645e4