Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by RELATED DEALS LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Agent.PPG and Trojan.Fraudster.1620. The detection rate for the RELATED DEALS LLC files collected here is 20%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically notice RELATED DEALS LLC when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view additional details from the RELATED DEALS LLC certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by RELATED DEALS LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by RELATED DEALS LLC and that no one has tampered with the file.
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, etc. You can also examine the address for RELATED DEALS LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority and Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 has issued the RELATED DEALS LLC certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the RELATED DEALS LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/57 | crfilterdrv.sys |
29/57 | CashReminder.exe |
2/57 | crfilterdrv.sys |
Here's the detection names for the RELATED DEALS LLC 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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ALYac | Adware.Agent.PPG |
AVG | Generic6.TGA, Generic.F5A |
AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.PPG |
AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.BrAppWare |
Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Delf |
Arcabit | Adware.Agent.PPG |
Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen |
Baidu-International | Hacktool.Win64.NetFilter.A |
BitDefender | Adware.Agent.PPG |
Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.7599, W32.HfsAdware.7599 |
CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.Nurjax.A8 |
ClamAV | Win.Trojan.14501195 |
Cyren | W32/Adware.NCLH-5571 |
DrWeb | Trojan.Fraudster.1620 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/Adware.BrAppWare.A |
Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.PPG (B) |
F-Prot | W32/Adware.ALMA |
F-Secure | Adware.Agent.PPG |
GData | Adware.Agent.PPG |
Ikarus | PUA.BrAppWare |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.BRApp.A |
MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.PPG |
Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM05.1.Malware.Gen |
Rising | PE:AdWare.Win32.BrAppWare.b!1614980[F1] |
SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.AppWare/Variant |
Symantec | SAPE.BrAppWare.6, WS.Reputation.1 |
VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Zillya | Adware.BrAppWare.Win32.16 |
nProtect | Adware.Agent.PPG |
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 171 scan reports for the RELATED DEALS LLC files. 35 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: