Motoko Group - 32% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Motoko Group? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2 and Generic.CA6. The detection rate for the Motoko Group files collected here is 32%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Motoko Group when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Motoko Group certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Motoko Group file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Motoko Group:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Motoko Group and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Motoko Group, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Motoko Group certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Motoko Group Files
These are the Motoko Group files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 21/50 | 698f9842-184e-4daf-ad6f-85bdb446e355-2.exe |
| 5/53 | CinameHDPureV9.5-bho64.dll |
| 17/53 | HD-V1.9-bho.dll |
| 16/53 | 69292938-2d26-4bd9-a091-99576ab8366a-11.exe |
| 11/51 | HD-V1.9-codedownloader.exe |
| 7/53 | CinameHDPureV9.5-bho.dll |
| 7/53 | P-HD-V1.4-bho.dll |
| 15/53 | P-HD-V1.4-codedownloader.exe |
| 14/53 | HD+V1.0-codedownloader.exe |
| 19/54 | PHD-V1.4-bho.dll |
| 14/54 | HD+V1.0-bho64.dll |
| 14/53 | HD+V1.0-bho.dll |
| 18/54 | 1b30dc5b-fcd0-433a-9834-3909df4c1d7f-2.exe |
| 22/52 | c60abf10-1b23-4444-aaef-8a19460f5bef-5.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Motoko Group files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.CA6 |
| AVware | Crossrider (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Crossrider.AG, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.CrossRider |
| AntiVir | ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/NSIS.GoogUpdate, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrossRider |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw], Win32:Crossrider-AG [PUP] |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.aO, Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.aet |
| BitDefender | Adware.Crossrider.AG, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.NSIS.r5 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-7875 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Crossrider.27275, Trojan.Crossrider.27387, Trojan.Crossrider.30100 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AJ, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.F, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AF, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AK, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AG |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Crossrider.AG (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.2 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-eb9ef301!Eldorado, W32/S-9ad4719b!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 |
| Fortinet | W32/GoogUpdate.AF!tr, W32/GoogUpdate.BR!tr, Riskware/Toolbar_CrossRider |
| GData | Adware.Crossrider.AG, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 |
| Ikarus | PUA.CrossRider, AdWare.Adload, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider |
| Jiangmin | Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate.br |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004a9d091 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004a9d091 ) |
| Kaspersky | Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate.br, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrossRider.kv |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.NSIS.br.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.TubeHD.A, PUP.Optional.InfoHD.A, PUP.Optional.PlusHD.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!B48B4747799D, Artemis!02364F20EAE6, Artemis!C6C2B86AFA55, Artemis!CABE81D51C11, Artemis!0BA7F7EE3357 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!B48B4747799D, Artemis!02364F20EAE6, Artemis!C6C2B86AFA55, Artemis!CABE81D51C11, Artemis!0BA7F7EE3357 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Crossrider.AG, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Crossrider.ddisuj, Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.deexra |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen, Trj/Chgt.C |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen, HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59 |
| Sophos | AppRider, Generic PUA DB, Generic PUA KO |
| Symantec | Adware.Crossid!gen1, Trojan.ADH, Trojan.ADH.2 |
| Tencent | Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Pezj, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Taes, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Tbis, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Hzb, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Pbon, Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Llrd |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0728, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0725 |
| VBA32 | Trojan.GoogUpdate |
| VIPRE | Crossrider (fs) |
| Zillya | Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.797 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 796 scan results for the Motoko Group files. 254 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:
- 00aafc4f8011f7fd7c00748c990950d28a