Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Program.Unwanted.3914 and a variant of MSIL/WebCompanion.D potentially unwanted. The detection rate for the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC when 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 additional details from the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA 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, etc. You can also examine the address for LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Here's the detection names for the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC 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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Antiy-AVL | GrayWare/Win32.Presenoker |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt@#q9c4o59db9ch, ApplicUnwnt@#22yeo3e6d9c94, ApplicUnwnt@#2a2pd09jxs1jd, ApplicUnwnt@#301lt28nsmnew, ApplicUnwnt@#1aa039f6s7sve, ApplicUnwnt@#2ecii58t71fep, ApplicUnwnt@#2lrc2ppbgcdb9, ApplicUnwnt@#a1zcag070wfi, ApplicUnwnt@#1873yuc09f1jy |
Cylance | Unsafe |
Cyren | W32/Application.MRAP-3219 |
DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.3914 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/WebCompanion.D potentially unwanted |
GData | Win32.Application.WebCompanion.51QAZ9 |
Microsoft | PUA:Win32/Presenoker |
Rising | PUF.WebCompanion!8.9E98 (CLOUD), PUA.WebCompanion!8.9E98 (TFE:dGZlOgyoZbz7vLLjqw), PUA.WebCompanion!8.9E98 (CLOUD) |
Sophos | Generic PUA OI (PUA) |
Yandex | Riskware.Agent!c7UT0oAts60 |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 842 scan reports for the LAVASOFT SOFTWARE CANADA INC files. 52 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 is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: