WhiteSmoke Inc - 18% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by WhiteSmoke Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 and Malware-Cryptor.Inject.gen. The detection rate for the WhiteSmoke Inc files collected here is 18%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see WhiteSmoke Inc 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 additional details from the WhiteSmoke Inc digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the WhiteSmoke Inc file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file that has been signed by WhiteSmoke Inc:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by WhiteSmoke Inc and that no one has tampered with the file.
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, etc. You can also see the address for WhiteSmoke Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the WhiteSmoke Inc certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
WhiteSmoke Inc Files
The following are the WhiteSmoke Inc files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 4/41 | installbrainservice.exe |
| 5/42 | InstallBrainService.exe |
| 8/47 | InstallBrainService.exe |
| 17/57 | ninjavod.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the WhiteSmoke Inc files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 |
| Comodo | Heur.Suspicious, UnclassifiedMalware |
| DrWeb | Adware.Toolbar.4, Adware.Toolbar.3 |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win32/InstallBrain, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Montiera.Q potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 (B) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Montiera |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 |
| Jiangmin | TrojanDropper.Injector.dif |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004afb7f1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004afb7f1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Agent.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.NinjaVOD.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!56CF7333CD5E |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Jaik.5642 |
| NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Obfuscated.NEP |
| Norman | W32/WhiteSmoke.AI, Malware.WNEM |
| Sophos | PayByAds |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0220, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1221 |
| VBA32 | Malware-Cryptor.Inject.gen |
| VIPRE | InstallBrain (fs) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 187 scan results for the WhiteSmoke Inc files. 34 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 64048d72f9ffef12a43fc4f4cea580e3
- 55439b87cb55e81147c072f06f4f77ef