Symbolicom Holdings Limited - 11% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Symbolicom Holdings Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.D52 and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files collected here is 11%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice Symbolicom Holdings Limited when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Symbolicom Holdings Limited appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the Symbolicom Holdings Limited certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Symbolicom Holdings Limited file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click the View Certificate button

Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Symbolicom Holdings Limited:

Screenshot of the Symbolicom Holdings Limited certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Symbolicom Holdings Limited and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 see the address for Symbolicom Holdings Limited, such as the street name, city and country.

GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the Symbolicom Holdings Limited certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Symbolicom Holdings Limited Files

These are the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
4/55adobe_flash_player.exe
13/57fun_morph.exe
2/55adobe_flash_player.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric.D52
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AgnitumPUA.InstallCore!
AviraPUA/InstallCore.Gen
BkavW32.HfsAdware.FECD
ComodoApplication.Win32.InstallCore.AKL
DrWebTrojan.MulDrop5.38104
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/InstallCore.QD, a variant of Win32/InstallCore.QD potentially unwanted
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 004ac1cf1 )
K7GWTrojan ( 004ac1cf1 )
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.InstallCore.dmiykv
Qihoo-360HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen
VBA32Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 167 scan results for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files. 19 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.

Analysis Details

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

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