PINWID LTD - 13% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from PINWID LTD? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Pinwid.4C4 and Adware.Linkury (fs). The detection rate for the PINWID LTD files collected here is 13%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice PINWID LTD when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the PINWID LTD certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the PINWID LTD 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 digitally signed by PINWID LTD:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by PINWID LTD 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 see the address for PINWID LTD, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the PINWID LTD certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
PINWID LTD Files
These are the PINWID LTD files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/50 | srpts.exe |
| 1/50 | srptm.exe |
| 3/51 | SavePass.exe |
| 9/55 | Muvic.exe |
| 7/55 | srptm.exe |
| 5/55 | srpts.exe |
| 3/54 | Lrcnta.exe |
| 22/57 | SmartbarInternetExplorerExtension.DLL |
| 30/57 | SmartbarInternetExplorerBHO.DLL |
| 3/50 | SmartbarFireFoxRemotePlugin_27.dll |
| 3/51 | srpts.exe |
| 2/50 | srpts.exe |
| 7/55 | Lrcnta.exe |
| 8/55 | Shopop.exe |
| 7/55 | srptsl.exe |
| 6/54 | srptm.exe |
| 6/55 | smia64.exe |
| 7/55 | e2c07.rbf |
| 5/53 | srpts.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the PINWID LTD files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | MalSign.Pindi.8CC, Pinwid.4C4, Pindi.8CC |
| AVware | Adware.Linkury (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p, Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd |
| Agnitum | PUA.Toolbar.SmartBar! |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[WebToolbar]/MSIL.SmartBar.b |
| Arcabit | Adware.Heur.E6E900, Adware.Heur.ED3FFE |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
| Avira | APPL/Linkury.Gen2, PUA/Linkury.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Linkury.80, Adware.MSIL.Linkury.D, Adware.Win32.Linkury.Ins, Adware.Win32.Linkury.45, Adware.Win32.Linkury.77 |
| BitDefender | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p, Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.13A3 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt, UnclassifiedMalware |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Revizer.726, Adware.Linkury.8 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.D potentially unwanted, a variant of MSIL/Toolbar.Linkury.E potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Linkury.D |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p (B), Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd (B) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p, Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd |
| GData | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p, Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd |
| Ikarus | AdWare.Linkury |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 700000121 ) |
| K7GW | Hacktool ( 655368881 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.MSIL.SmartBar.b |
| McAfee | Artemis!20E531DF6002, Artemis!1A744AD10CBD, Artemis!9ED5EAC2E9C0, Artemis!B237716FB200, Artemis!53D909A66B92, Artemis!5A439D0DF22E |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.Heur.gm9@gLAA1p, Gen:Adware.Heur.im9@gvKIBpd |
| Microsoft | Adware:Win32/PennyBeeLinkury |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Revizer.dvginm |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D[F1] |
| Sophos | Generic PUA OF (PUA), Generic PUA DJ (PUA) |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R002C0EDM15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0305, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0828, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0914, TROJ_GEN.F47V0330, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0911, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0904, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0623 |
| VIPRE | Adware.Linkury (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.SmartBar.Win32.3300 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 1017 scan results for the PINWID LTD files. 136 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
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 00d9ac9fc9a1b1e8fd63013e3cce7b0578
- 009956ef23aed48987569dc3e7434bbb19
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