Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from ProInstall Applications SRL? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Spigot (fs) and Adware.Downware.11256. The detection rate for the ProInstall Applications SRL files collected here is 12%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice ProInstall Applications SRL when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for ProInstall Applications SRL with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by ProInstall Applications SRL:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by ProInstall Applications SRL 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 examine the address for ProInstall Applications SRL, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA and DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) has issued the ProInstall Applications SRL certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the ProInstall Applications SRL files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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18/57 | CHK-Mate_Full-59689848.exe |
1/56 | CnetInstaller[1] |
6/57 | CnetInstaller[1] |
2/55 | KMPlayer_3.9.1.130.exe |
5/57 | KMPlayer_3.9.1.132.exe |
6/54 | GeniusVisionNVRCommunitySetup_v877-51057966.exe |
14/57 | JRT-52932920.exe |
21/56 | powerpointviewer_setup-63804302.exe |
Here is the detection names for the ProInstall Applications SRL files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.8BF |
AVware | Spigot (fs) |
Ad-Aware | Application.Downloader.ZN |
Agnitum | PUA.Downloader! |
AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.ProInstall, PUP/Win32.Downloader, PUP/Win32.WinWrapper |
Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[Downloader]/NSIS.Agent.xa |
Arcabit | PUP.Downloader.ProInstall |
Avira | PUA/WinWrapper.Gen |
BitDefender | Application.Downloader.ZN |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.88A5 |
CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Proinstall.Gen |
DrWeb | Adware.Downware.11256, Adware.Downware.9446, Adware.Spigot.26 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/WinWrapper.J potentially unwanted, Win32/WinWrapper.B potentially unwanted, Win32/Spigot.A |
F-Secure | Application.Downloader.ZN |
Fortinet | Riskware/Agent |
GData | NSIS.Application.Proinstall.B, Application.Downloader.ZN |
K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004c26211 ) |
K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004c26211 ) |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Agent.xa |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Proinstall |
McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.lc |
MicroWorld-eScan | Application.Downloader.ZN |
NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Agent.dvtoqe |
Panda | PUP/Multitoolbar |
Qihoo-360 | Malware.QVM06.Gen |
Sophos | ProInstall Applications SRL (PUA), Generic PUA JL (PUA) |
VIPRE | Spigot (fs) |
Zillya | Downloader.Agent.Win32.275698 |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 618 scan results for the ProInstall Applications SRL files. 73 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of ProInstall Applications SRL. These are the signer names:
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: