Via Advertising Group Ltd. - 19% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Via Advertising Group Ltd.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Downware.12296 and PUA.Expressdownloader. The detection rate for the Via Advertising Group Ltd. files collected here is 19%. Please read on for more details.

You'll typically notice Via Advertising Group Ltd. when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can also view the Via Advertising Group Ltd. certificate with the following steps:

1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Via Advertising Group Ltd. file
2. Right-click 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 signed by Via Advertising Group 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 Via Advertising Group Ltd. 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 see the address for Via Advertising Group Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.

COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the Via Advertising Group Ltd. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Via Advertising Group Ltd. Files

These are the Via Advertising Group Ltd. files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Via Advertising Group Ltd. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 112 scan results for the Via Advertising Group Ltd. files. 21 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 008b2bb84e7f31907b6b96e71db3365b38

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