LULU Software - 1.9% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from LULU Software? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably see LULU Software when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where LULU Software appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the LULU Software certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the LULU Software file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screencap of a file that has been signed by LULU Software:

Screenshot of the LULU Software certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by LULU Software and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see 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 see the address for LULU Software, such as the street name, city and country.

Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the LULU Software certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

LULU Software Files

These are the LULU Software files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
2/73Soda Manager.exe
1/55creator-ie-helper.dll
3/54creator-ie-helper.dll
2/56creator-ie-plugin.dll
2/58creator-ie-helper.dll
1/62creator-ie-helper.dll
1/62Soda Manager.exe
1/61creator-ws.exe
1/65creator-ie-plugin.dll
2/72creator-ie-helper.dll
1/43PDFIEPlugin.dll
1/43PDFIEHelper.dll
1/57creator-ie-plugin.dll
1/60atom.dll
2/62creator-ie-helper.dll
1/62creator-ie-plugin.dll
2/68creator-ie-helper.dll
0/25HelperService.exe
0/46PDFIEHelper.dll
0/51PDFIEPlugin.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the LULU Software files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
APEXMalicious
AVGFileRepMetagen [PUP]
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Phorpiex.c
ByteHeroTrojan.Malware.Win32.xPack.i
DrWebProgram.Unwanted.1451, Program.Unwanted.1936, Program.Unwanted.2284, Program.Unwanted.4494
ZillyaTrojan.Injector.Win32.343779

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1295 scan results for the LULU Software files. 25 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of LULU Software. These are the signer names:

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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