RELATED DEALS LLC - 20% Detection Rate *

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:

Screenshot where RELATED DEALS LLC appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the RELATED DEALS LLC certificate with the following steps:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the RELATED DEALS LLC file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by RELATED DEALS LLC:

Screenshot of the RELATED DEALS LLC certificate

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.

RELATED DEALS LLC Files

The following are the RELATED DEALS LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
4/57crfilterdrv.sys
29/57CashReminder.exe
2/57crfilterdrv.sys

Scanner and Detection Names

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.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacAdware.Agent.PPG
AVGGeneric6.TGA, Generic.F5A
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Ad-AwareAdware.Agent.PPG
AhnLab-V3Adware/Win32.BrAppWare
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Delf
ArcabitAdware.Agent.PPG
AviraADWARE/Adware.Gen
Baidu-InternationalHacktool.Win64.NetFilter.A
BitDefenderAdware.Agent.PPG
BkavW64.HfsAdware.7599, W32.HfsAdware.7599
CAT-QuickHealTrojan.Nurjax.A8
ClamAVWin.Trojan.14501195
CyrenW32/Adware.NCLH-5571
DrWebTrojan.Fraudster.1620
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/Adware.BrAppWare.A
EmsisoftAdware.Agent.PPG (B)
F-ProtW32/Adware.ALMA
F-SecureAdware.Agent.PPG
GDataAdware.Agent.PPG
IkarusPUA.BrAppWare
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.BRApp.A
MicroWorld-eScanAdware.Agent.PPG
Qihoo-360HEUR/QVM05.1.Malware.Gen
RisingPE:AdWare.Win32.BrAppWare.b!1614980[F1]
SUPERAntiSpywarePUP.AppWare/Variant
SymantecSAPE.BrAppWare.6, WS.Reputation.1
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ZillyaAdware.BrAppWare.Win32.16
nProtectAdware.Agent.PPG

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

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.

Analysis Details

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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