Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Reimage Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Program.Unwanted.1470 and Adware.Plugin.171. The detection rate for the Reimage Limited files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Reimage Limited when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view additional details from the Reimage Limited certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Reimage Limited:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Reimage Limited 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Reimage Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Reimage Limited certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
The following are the Reimage Limited files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Here is the detection names for the Reimage Limited 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 | Skodna.SecurityTool.SX |
AVware | BPX.Trojan.Generic |
Ad-Aware | DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74 |
Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Reimage.C1548976 |
Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, RiskWare[RiskTool]/Win32.ReImageRepair.b |
Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.ReImageRepair.ReLi, PUA.Win32.SearchPlugin.BA |
BitDefender | DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74 |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.1BB4 |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt.Win32.ReImageRepair.~A, ApplicUnwnt.UnclassifiedMalware, Malware@#118b9fuf0dpz9 |
Cyren | W32/Trojan.GVIF-6621 |
DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.1470, Adware.Plugin.171, Program.Unwanted.493, Trojan.Crossrider1.1621, Program.Unwanted.497, Program.Unwanted.376, Program.Unwanted.741 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/ReImageRepair.F potentially unwanted, Win32/SearchPlugin.A, a variant of Win32/ReImageRepair.C, a variant of Win32/ReImageRepair.E potentially unwanted, Win32/DownWare.AC potentially unwanted |
Emsisoft | DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74 (B) |
F-Secure | DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74 |
Fortinet | Riskware/ReImageRepair, Riskware/SearchPlugin |
GData | Win32.Application.ReimageRepair.C, DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74, Win32.Application.VMDetect.A, Win32.Application.ReImageRepair.B |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Reimage |
McAfee | Artemis!BD489B1A71F8, Artemis!31E07595EC82, Artemis!0C70FAEC04E3 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.bc |
MicroWorld-eScan | DeepScan:Generic.Mitglied.39F7AD74 |
Microsoft | PUA:Win32/Reimage |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Nsis.Babylon.cvvuwk |
Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF, NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF[F1], Malware.Undefined!8.C (cloud:ATnHF8n2GGH) |
TotalDefense | Win32/Tnega.KLXBQe |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1001, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0413 |
VBA32 | suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h, AdWare.MSIL.OutBrowse |
Webroot | Pua.Reimagerepair |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 5205 scan results for the Reimage Limited files. 135 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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: