Magne­sium Play Apps - 29% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Magne­sium Play Apps? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Crossrider (fs) and Generic.857. The detection rate for the Magne­sium Play Apps files collected here is 29%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically see Magne­sium Play Apps when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Magne­sium Play Apps appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Magne­sium Play Apps with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Magne­sium Play Apps:

Screenshot of the Magne­sium Play Apps certificate

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 Magne­sium Play Apps and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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 Magne­sium Play Apps, such as the street name, city and country.

COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Magne­sium Play Apps certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Magne­sium Play Apps Files

These are the Magne­sium Play Apps files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
31/5421e349d8-378e-4974-be78-0f100787c589.exe
15/55KLI.exe
15/55DNOK.exe
15/551b9d3924-a5f8-4608-8428-2bbd962a897b-4.exe
6/54ClickMovie1-Downloaderv10-codedownloader.exe
10/54TheTorntv V10-bho.dll
17/55017b6a57-5c2d-49de-b673-f629066f4395.exe
22/55GGFGGP.exe
16/5490b599ae-5c7f-46f0-8df3-0f0082d92278.exe
11/55c4bbd2af-a19c-46db-867e-9432eb0f6405-5.exe
20/54TheTorntv V10-buttonutil.dll
14/54c4bbd2af-a19c-46db-867e-9432eb0f6405-2.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Magne­sium Play Apps files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric.857
AVwareCrossrider (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.CrossRider
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrossRider
AvastWin32:Malware-gen
AviraAdware/Zusy.105499.21, Adware/CrossRider.gr, ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2, Adware/NSIS.Adwapper.bx.11
Baidu-InternationalPUA.Win32.CrossRider.BBC, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAV, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAS, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.bBD, Adware.NSIS.Adwapper.AKLY
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
CAT-QuickHealAdWare.NSIS.r5 (Not a Virus), AdWare.NSIS.r6 (Not a Virus)
DrWebTrojan.Crossrider.35395, Trojan.Crossrider.33868, Trojan.Crossrider.33953
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BC, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AV, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AS, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.BD
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 (B)
F-ProtW32/S-9ad4719b!Eldorado
F-SecureGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
FortinetAdware/Adwapper
GDataGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1, Win32.Adware.Crossrider.L
IkarusTrojan.GoogUpdate, PUA.VideosMediaPlayers, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 004a9e6f1 ), Trojan ( 004afc1b1 )
K7GWTrojan ( 004a9e6f1 ), Trojan ( 004afc1b1 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.bx
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.TornTV.A, PUP.Optional.1ClickMovieDownload.A, PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A
McAfeeArtemis!CA13FE8F07FF, Artemis!9DE7061E08B3, Artemis!EACA43D113B9, Artemis!2AD77046D492, Artemis!95E69B4E026E, Artemis!1D54D84042F0
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.fh, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.th, Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.gh, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.dh
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.105499, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.433849, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen, HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.0f5, Trojan.Generic, HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen, HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen
RisingPE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59
SophosGeneric PUA AM, Generic PUA LO, Generic PUA HE, Generic PUA CN, Generic PUA MB
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2, Trojan.Asprox.B, WS.Reputation.1
TencentNsis.Adware.Adwapper.Sxnv, Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Wqcp, Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Anpq, Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Hupz
TrendMicroTROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJO14, TROJ_GEN.R00JC0VK414
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJO14, TROJ_GEN.R00JC0VK414
VBA32AdWare.Adwapper, TScope.Trojan.MSIL
VIPRECrossrider (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ZillyaAdware.Adwapper.Win32.582

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 654 scan reports for the Magne­sium Play Apps files. 192 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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