Visicom Media Inc. - 6% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Visicom Media Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B and PUP.ToolBar.Visicom. The detection rate for the Visicom Media Inc. files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Visicom Media Inc. when double-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 additional details from the Visicom Media Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Visicom Media Inc. file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Visicom Media Inc.:
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 Visicom Media Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Visicom Media Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA, Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the Visicom Media Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Visicom Media Inc. Files
These are the Visicom Media Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Visicom Media Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.317 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| AegisLab | Webtoolbar.W32.Agent!c, Webtoolbar.Win64.Agent!c, Trojan.Win32.Generic.4!c |
| Agnitum | PUA.Toolbar.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Malware/Gen.Generic |
| Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, RiskWare[WebToolbar]/Win64.Agent, RiskWare[WebToolbar]/Win32.Agent |
| Arcabit | PUP.ToolBar.Visicom, Adware.BED6D0E |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.Visicom.bB, PUA.Win32.Visicom.BB |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.C7A3, W32.HfsAdware.C7A3 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | WebToolbar.Win64, Trojan.IGENERIC |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt.UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.WebToolbar.Visicom.~A |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| DrWeb | Tool.InstallToolbar.174, Tool.InstallToolbar.129 |
| ESET-NOD32 | probably a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Visicom.A potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.A |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Agent, Riskware/Visicom, Adware/Visicom |
| GData | Win32.Application.Agent.2Z9B3B, Win32.Application.Agent.K333CM, Win32.Application.Agent.CI35CF, Win32.Application.Visicom.B, Win32.Application.Agent.DQPMNK, Win32.Application.Agent.9LUCXL, Win32.Application.Agent.WOTS7R |
| Jiangmin | WebToolbar.Agent.ii, WebToolbar.Agent.cw |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004b58e41 ), Trojan ( 004b5c3c1 ), Adware ( 004e272b1 ), Adware ( 004dda731 ), Trojan ( 0048f6561 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004b58e41 ), Trojan ( 004b5c3c1 ), Adware ( 004e272b1 ), Adware ( 004dda731 ), Trojan ( 0048f6561 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent.bhe, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win64.Agent.pyt, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win64.Agent.qhy, not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win64.Agent.pmn |
| MAX | malware (ai score=99) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SearchProtection.A, PUP.Optional.VisicomToolbar |
| McAfee | Artemis!5267D09AB256, Artemis!3206DD2D0B92, Artemis!869C6DF3FA69, Artemis!87FCCC0B475D, Artemis!8E5124ECB9FE, Artemis!782C08C4CD33, Artemis!52056878C4BB |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.ch, Artemis!PUP |
| Microsoft | PUA:Win32/Visicom |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.InstallToolbar.dqvrtb, Riskware.Win64.InstallToolbar.ebpxkh |
| PCTools | HeurEngine.ZeroDayThreat |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.WebToolbar.de5 |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F], Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD), PUA.Visicom!8.2B6 (cloud:tJTZzSSOeIO) |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.Visicom/Variant, PUP.Toolbar/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA KI (PUA), Generic PUA ON, Generic PUA CG (PUA), Generic PUA GB (PUA), Generic PUA NE (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R021C0OF915 |
| VBA32 | SigAdware.VisicomMediaInc, AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 |
| ViRobot | Adware.Visicom.131736, Adware.Agent.115192[h] |
| Webroot | W32.Adware.Gen |
| Yandex | PUA.Toolbar.Agent! |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.170339 |
| ZoneAlarm | not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win64.Agent.qhy |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 10772 scan reports for the Visicom Media Inc. files. 640 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 done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 73c74d9445094bfd79759f7b9cafd730
- 2b19b54bb7abee1a2623111c029af449
- 266f9e30991b0c3efc03da9b8cddb68d
- 0f7022688814c950b353e71b8d1c1d84
- 70def7a1cf826ec0b9f2257933ea429b
- 00e25af4332b02b92a0e6930e09ff597c2