Product Deals - 48% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Product Deals? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547. The detection rate for the Product Deals files collected here is 48%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Product Deals when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the additional details from the Product Deals digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Product Deals file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Product Deals:
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 Product Deals and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, etc. You can also view the address for Product Deals, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Product Deals certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
Product Deals Files
The following are the Product Deals files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 24/56 | ProductDealsbho.dll |
| 34/57 | e09ef3a48680468fae1d.dll |
| 25/56 | {091b32e0-9f35-4c0d-a441-9eb90360f0ef}gw64.sys |
| 26/56 | {41c754e6-da1f-4966-9eb7-8f21b76fd101}gw64.sys |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Product Deals files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | BrowseFox.C66, AdPlugin.CVY, AdPlugin.DAI |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173094, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Arcabit | Trojan.Adware.Graftor.D2A426, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AE, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.N, Hacktool.Win64.NetFilter.A |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173094, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Bkav | W32.BrowseFoxAC.Adware, W64.HfsAdware.C6AE |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.SwiftBrowse.01314 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-220, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.AltBrowse.OABP |
| Cyren | W32/S-9c4b2ea6!Eldorado, W32/S-de5f2e52!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.1016, Trojan.BPlug.892, Trojan.Yontoo.1949 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.N potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173094 (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-9c4b2ea6!Eldorado, W32/S-de5f2e52!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173094, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt, AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dnl |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b929e1 ), Trojan ( 004a07811 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b929e1 ), Trojan ( 004a07811 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.ProductDeals.A |
| McAfee | BrowseFox-FWV |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BrowseFox-FWV, BehavesLike.Win64.PUPAmonetize.ph |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.173094, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dmjozr |
| Panda | Generic Suspicious |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B, PE:Malware.BrowseFox!6.1AFA |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.13, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.29 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R08NC0PF315 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.MSIL.Agent, AdWare.Win64.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.38120, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.48784 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 225 scan results for the Product Deals files. 109 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 08db250bf6350b54dddef1061c8bce6d