Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Parallel Lines Development, LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate and ApplicUnwnt. The detection rate for the Parallel Lines Development, LLC files collected here is 15%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Parallel Lines Development, LLC when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the additional details from the Parallel Lines Development, LLC digital signature with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Parallel Lines Development, LLC:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Parallel Lines Development, LLC 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 Parallel Lines Development, LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Parallel Lines Development, LLC certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
The following are the Parallel Lines Development, LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/50 | webshieldservice.exe |
1/51 | WebShield.exe |
19/57 | webshieldservice.exe |
19/56 | WebShield.exe |
0/51 | WebShield.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Parallel Lines Development, LLC files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Downloader.AUX, Downloader.AZE |
AVware | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
Agnitum | PUA.PullUpdate! |
Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.E085 |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.157, Adware.Plugin.175, Adware.Plugin.181 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.D, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.A |
Fortinet | Adware/PullUpdate |
Ikarus | AdWare.Agent |
K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 700000121 ) |
K7GW | Adware ( 700000121 ) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.WebShield, PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A |
McAfee | Artemis!EAD59614C636, Artemis!552AD69A80B3 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!PUP |
NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.PullUpdate.dbmyxb, Trojan.Win32.SaMon.dbmybc |
Qihoo-360 | Win32/Trojan.Adware.988 |
Sophos | Pull Update, Generic PUA JH |
Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, Trojan.ADH.2 |
Tencent | Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.18 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05AS15, TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05CL15 |
VIPRE | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate |
Zillya | Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.72, Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.14 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 265 scan results for the Parallel Lines Development, LLC files. 40 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: