Linkury - 7% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Linkury? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP/LinkUry and Adware.Linkury.B. The detection rate for the Linkury files collected here is 7%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Linkury when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can also view the Linkury certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Linkury file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Linkury:
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 Linkury 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 view the address for Linkury, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Linkury certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
Linkury Files
These are the Linkury files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 3/49 | Lrcnta.exe |
| 11/54 | srpts.exe |
| 4/48 | QuickShare.exe |
| 2/48 | QuickShare.exe |
| 1/47 | System.Data.SQLite.dll |
| 2/51 | srpts.exe |
| 10/54 | srptm.exe |
| 2/48 | SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.dll |
| 4/46 | QuickShare.exe |
| 2/51 | srpts.exe |
| 9/54 | 5ff0a61f.rbf |
| 10/54 | srptsl.exe |
| 1/47 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_10.dll |
| 2/48 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_23.dll |
| 3/48 | QuickShare.exe |
| 3/51 | srpts.exe |
| 6/51 | QuickShare.exe |
| 9/54 | ntdis_32.dll |
| 2/50 | Smartbar.exe |
| 3/50 | srpts.exe |
| 2/49 | srptm.exe |
| 2/45 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_14.dll |
| 4/48 | QuickShare.exe |
| 1/47 | GoogleChromeRemotePlugin.dll |
| 2/48 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_17.dll |
| 2/48 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_19.dll |
| 2/46 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_18.dll |
| 3/47 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_25.dll |
| 2/50 | ProductsRemovalTool.exe |
| 9/50 | Smartbar.exe |
| 2/51 | srpts.exe |
| 8/53 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_24.dll |
| 8/54 | Lrcnta.exe |
| 10/54 | Smartbar.exe |
| 11/53 | Smartbar.exe |
| 9/53 | srpts.exe |
| 13/55 | srpts.exe |
| 0/41 | Linkury.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Linkury files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVware | Adware.Linkury (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Linkury.B |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:SmartBar-A [PUP] |
| BitDefender | Adware.Linkury.B |
| DrWeb | Adware.Linkury.1 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.A, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.B, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.D, Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.D |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Linkury.B (B), DeepScan:Generic.Lineage.BEDD0A3E (B) |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Toolbar_Linkury |
| GData | Adware.Linkury.B |
| Ikarus | Win32.SuspectCrc, AdWare.Linkury |
| McAfee | Artemis!21679C1C0F5A, Artemis!EFB88B6504C7, Artemis!8A1358A6BAE6 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!21679C1C0F5A, Artemis!EFB88B6504C7, Artemis!8A1358A6BAE6 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Linkury.B |
| Panda | PUP/LinkUry |
| Symantec | Adware.Maltrec.TS!g23 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHL14 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0613, TROJ_GEN.F47V0917, TROJ_GEN.F47V0102, TROJ_GEN.F47V0311, TROJ_GEN.F47V0227, TROJ_GEN.F47V0721, TROJ_GEN.F47V1030, TROJ_GEN.F47V1228, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0612, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0627, TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OHL14 |
| VIPRE | Adware.Linkury (fs) |
| nProtect | Adware.Linkury.B |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 2414 scan reports for the Linkury files. 179 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 77a9b89a06b99100955a838e8bb46ff8
- 419f551ae006f0b2e53b5248c56f74c1