Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Sailor Project? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Crossrider (fs) and ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2. The detection rate for the Sailor Project files collected here is 22%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Sailor Project when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Sailor Project digital signature with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Sailor Project:
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 Sailor Project 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 Sailor Project, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Sailor Project certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Sailor Project files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Here's the detection names for the Sailor Project 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.16F |
AVware | Crossrider (fs) |
Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 |
AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BHO, PUP/Win32.CrossRider |
AntiVir | ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2 |
Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper |
Avast | Win32:Crossrider-N [PUP], Win32:Malware-gen |
Avira | ADWARE/CrossRider.Gen7 |
Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.CrossRider.bAJ, Adware.Win32.AdLoad.AxB, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAF, Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.aAce, Trojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.ABNE, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAK, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAE, PUA.Win64.Crossrider.bF, PUA.Win32.CrossRider.bAF |
BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
DrWeb | Trojan.Crossrider.17413, Trojan.Crossrider.28247, Trojan.Crossrider.30979 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.F, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.G, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AF, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AJ, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AK, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AE |
Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 (B) |
F-Prot | W32/A-eb9ef301!Eldorado |
F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 |
Fortinet | W32/GoogUpdate.AF!tr |
GData | Win64.Adware.Crossrider.F, Win32.Adware.Crossrider.K, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 |
Ikarus | AdWare.Adload, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CroRi, PUA.CrossRider, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.CrossRider, AdWare.WebToolbar.CroRi, PUA.Toolbar.CrossRider |
K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ) |
Kaspersky | Trojan.NSIS.GoogUpdate.cr, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AdLoad.bsif |
Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.NSIS.br.(kcloud) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.TornTV.A, PUP.Optional.Sense.A, PUP.Optional.EasyDeals.A, PUP.Optional.weDownload.A, PUP.Optional.AppsHat.A, PUP.Optional.GeForce.A, PUP.Optional.SavePass.A, PUP.Optional.Enformation.A, PUP.Optional.MediaPlayer.A |
McAfee | Artemis!8B63275846A7, Artemis!DFE029EA2310 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!8B63275846A7, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.jh |
MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374109, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.374062 |
Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen, Trj/Chgt.D, Trj/Chgt.F |
Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen, Win32/Trojan.3b1 |
Rising | PE:Malware.Obscure!1.9C59 |
Sophos | AppRider |
Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, Adware.Crossid |
Tencent | Nsis.Trojan.Googupdate.Wxho |
VIPRE | Crossrider (fs) |
Zillya | Adware.Adwapper.Win32.244 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 1722 scan reports for the Sailor Project files. 383 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: