SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. - 36% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from SoftBrain Technologies Ltd.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.PriceGong.B and PUP.Optional.SmartWeb.A. The detection rate for the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. files collected here is 36%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file signed by SoftBrain Technologies Ltd.:
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 SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above, you can see 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 SoftBrain Technologies Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. Files
These are the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 12/57 | SmartWebHelper.exe |
| 4/57 | SmartWebApp.exe |
| 34/57 | swhk.dll |
| 7/56 | SmartWebHelper.exe |
| 17/56 | SmartWebHelper.exe |
| 27/57 | SmartWebApp.exe |
| 37/56 | SmartWebInstaller.exe |
| 10/56 | SmartWebHelper.exe |
| 34/58 | SmartWebInstaller.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE |
| AVG | Generic.591, Generic.5CE |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE, Adware.Generic.1226550 |
| AegisLab | Webtoolbar.W32.Agent!c |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.PriceGong |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.PriceGong.a, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.PriceGong, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Agent.hpot |
| Arcabit | Adware.Agent.PCE |
| Avast | Win32:PUP-gen [PUP], Win32:BHO-AOJ [Adw] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Pricegong.557088, ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.PriceGong.C, PUA.Win32.PriceGong.BC, PUA.Win32.PriceGong.bC |
| BitDefender | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE, Adware.Generic.1226550 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.E6A6 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt, ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.PriceGong.~A |
| Cyren | W32/Adware.QGXN-0912, W32/Adware.VUKO-2721, W32/Adware.XJHO-7406 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Shopper.845, Adware.Shopper.859, Trojan.Siggen6.33552 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/PriceGong.C potentially unwanted, Win32/PriceGong.C, Win32/PriceGong.C potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.PriceGong.B (B), Adware.Generic.1226550 (B), Adware.Agent.PCE (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE |
| Fortinet | Riskware/PriceGong |
| GData | Win32.Adware.PriceGong.A, Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE, Adware.Generic.1226550 |
| Ikarus | PUA.PriceGong, not-a-virus:AdWare.PriceGong |
| Invincea | virus.win32.sality.at |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/PriceGong.a, Adware/Agent.apzk |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004b4df61 ), Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0049ebb31 ), Trojan ( 004b52d01 ), Trojan ( 004b3dc41 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004b4df61 ), Dialer ( 20080c3d1 ), Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0049ebb31 ), Trojan ( 004b52d01 ), Dialer ( 200ed3471 ), Trojan ( 004b3dc41 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.PriceGong.a, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.bes |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SmartWeb.A, PUP.Optional.SmartWeb |
| McAfee | Artemis!153F088DFDB3, Generic PUP.x, Artemis!07D11DD54697, Artemis!D77A5BF20CCA |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Generic PUP.x, Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE, Adware.Generic.1226550 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Shopper.dpncsr |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.PriceGong/Variant, PUP.SmartWeb/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA KI |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, Trojan.ADH.SMH |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.14 |
| TotalDefense | Win32/Tnega.cfUbXd |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R06AC0PDD15, ADW_PRICEGONG, ADW_SMARTB, ADW_SMAWEB |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0217, TROJ_GEN.R06AC0PDD15, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0101, TROJ_GEN.R0E2H09CI15, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0218, ADW_SMARTB, ADW_SMAWEB |
| VBA32 | Adware.PriceGong, AdWare.PriceGong |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot | Adware.SmartWebHelper.270696[h], Adware.Agent.759544[h], Adware.Pricegong.755016[h] |
| Yandex | Riskware.Agent! |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.45466, Adware.PriceGong.Win32.1, Adware.Agent.Win32.45465 |
| nProtect | Adware.PriceGong.B, Adware.Agent.PCE |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 510 scan results for the SoftBrain Technologies Ltd. files. 182 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review 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:
- 0e056be2c82af2fad3f0d3bd43387ab2
- 53f07650cbbfa5bc97f5276104d31164