Liyan Liu - 16% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Liyan Liu? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Elex Installer (fs) and Adware.Win32.ELEX.bAT. The detection rate for the Liyan Liu files collected here is 16%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Liyan Liu 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 view the additional details from the Liyan Liu digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Liyan Liu file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Liyan Liu:
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 Liyan Liu and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 examine the address for Liyan Liu, such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA and DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 has issued the Liyan Liu certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Liyan Liu Files
The following are the Liyan Liu files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 27/54 | PluginService.exe |
| 29/54 | SupTab.dll |
| 7/54 | WindowsSupportDll64.dll |
| 8/54 | wdman.exe |
| 12/54 | HpUI.exe |
| 23/55 | WindowsSupportDll32.dll |
| 4/55 | WdMan.exe |
| 3/54 | SupTab_v5.8.8.777_noblank_amy.exe |
| 6/55 | uninstall.exe |
| 3/54 | wpc_webssearches[1].exe |
| 11/54 | gwttkslq.30t.exe |
| 1/54 | lly_istart123.exe |
| 13/53 | h3q4wxro.heq.exe |
| 7/55 | qhprimip.nsz.exe |
| 6/54 | DpInterface32.dll |
| 22/56 | SearchProtect32.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Liyan Liu files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Liyan.D9B, Generic.5D2 |
| AVware | Elex Installer (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO, Application.Generic.872997, Application.Bundler.HG |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, Trojan.Click!nhRWJ25Wb1Q, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Helper, Adware/Win32.Agent, PUP/Win32.SearchProtect, PUP/Win32.Amonetiz, PUP/Win32.Downloader |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent, Trojan/Win32.SGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
| Avast | Win32:SupTab-I [Adw], Win32:SupTab-A [Adw], Win32:SupTab-C [Adw] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.ELEX.bAV, Adware.Win32.Thinknice.BB, Adware.Win64.Agent.Alp, Adware.Win32.ELEX.FF, Adware.Win32.ELEX.bAT, Adware.Win32.ELEX.BAT |
| BitDefender | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO, Application.Generic.872997, Application.Bundler.HG |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-7965, Win.Adware.SupTab |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.ELEX.EXE |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Click3.9479, Trojan.Click3.8536, Adware.Mutabaha.1022, Adware.Mutabaha.67, Trojan.StartPage1.6314 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/ELEX.AV, Win32/Thinknice.B, a variant of Win32/ELEX.FF potentially unwanted, Win32/Thinknice.E, a variant of Win32/ELEX.AT, a variant of Win32/Thinknice.E |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.OKO (B), Adware.Agent.OFO (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO, Application.Generic.872997, Application.Bundler.HG |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/Thinknice, Riskware/Elex |
| GData | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO, Win64.Application.SubTab.E, Win32.Application.SubTab.E, Application.Generic.872997, Application.Bundler.HG |
| Ikarus | AdWare.WProtManager, Trojan-Downloader.Agent |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ), Trojan ( 004a0dfc1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ), Trojan ( 004a0ac31 ), Trojan ( 004a0dfc1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.eqwa, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win64.Agent.f, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.efld |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.IePluginService.A, PUP.Optional.SupTab.A, PUP.Optional.SearchHijacker.A, PUP.Optional.Skytech.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!526EC8EC8B3D, Artemis!00788CF2BE04, Artemis!1295CE22D67A, Downloader-FAGU!59E7E712E423, Downloader-FAGU!EEDF5ED7EF1D |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.jm, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.hh, Artemis, Downloader-FAGU!EEDF5ED7EF1D |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO, Application.Generic.872997, Application.Bundler.HG |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Click3.destkm, Trojan.Win32.Click3.ddmrti |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F], PE:Worm.Rebhip!1.64F0 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Trojan.Agent/Gen-XPack, Trojan.Agent/Gen-Rebhip |
| Sophos | Elex, Generic PUA ED, Generic PUA BL |
| Symantec | SearchProtect, WS.Reputation.1 |
| Tencent | Win32.Adware.Agent.Stuk, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.1 |
| TrendMicro | ADW_TABSUP |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0C1H05JK14, TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00JO14, ADW_TABSUP, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0802, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Elex Installer (fs) |
| ViRobot | Adware.SearchProtect.26592 |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.11732, Adware.Agent.Win32.9903, Adware.Agent.Win32.12802 |
| nProtect | Adware.Agent.OKO, Adware.Agent.OFO |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 1148 scan results for the Liyan Liu files. 182 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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 Liyan Liu. These are the signer names:
- Liyan Liu
- LIYAN LIU
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 02ca146aed05062a5f6c4ac5628bbc00
- 5e0b6377f33581b2b9f8e9c1c0bab247
- 06a374858107d7f624d3cc328c92248a