Lake Ventures LLC - 5% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Lake Ventures LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.iBryte.491 and a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.H. The detection rate for the Lake Ventures LLC files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice Lake Ventures LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Lake Ventures LLC appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Lake Ventures LLC with the following steps:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Lake Ventures LLC 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's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Lake Ventures LLC:

Screenshot of the Lake Ventures LLC certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Lake Ventures LLC 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, etc. You can also see the address for Lake Ventures LLC, such as the street name, city and country.

Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority has issued the Lake Ventures LLC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Lake Ventures LLC Files

The following are the Lake Ventures LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
3/55ContentExplorer.exe
11/56ContentExplorer.exe
10/56ContentExplorer.exe
0/50ContentExplorer.exe
0/50LVMaintenance.exe
0/51ContentExplorer.exe
0/52ContentExplorer.exe
0/54ContentExplorer.exe
0/53ContentExplorer.exe
0/54ContentExplorer.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Lake Ventures LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AvastWin32:IBryte-IE [PUP]
AviraADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Baidu-InternationalAdware.MSIL.iBryte.bH, Adware.MSIL.iBryte.BH
ComodoApplicUnwnt
DrWebAdware.iBryte.491
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.H
F-ProtW32/S-10167c8d!Eldorado
IkarusAdWare.ContentExplorer, PUA.Agent
K7GWTrojan ( 700001171 )
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri
SymantecAdware.ContentExplorer

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 531 scan reports for the Lake Ventures LLC files. 24 of these scan results 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:

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