adforus Co., Ltd - 65% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from adforus Co., Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.GenericKD.3620062 and Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]. The detection rate for the adforus Co., Ltd files collected here is 65%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice adforus Co., Ltd when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the adforus Co., Ltd certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the adforus Co., Ltd file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by adforus Co., Ltd:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by adforus Co., Ltd and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 adforus Co., Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.
thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the adforus Co., Ltd certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
adforus Co., Ltd Files
These are the adforus Co., Ltd files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 44/68 | keycast1u.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the adforus Co., Ltd files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.GenericKD.3620062 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BHO.C1491315 |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Arcabit | Adware.Generic.D373CDE |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Avira | TR/Crypt.TPM.Gen |
| BitDefender | Adware.GenericKD.3620062 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.IGENERIC |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt@#2v50zd4eo1buh |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_60% (D) |
| Cybereason | malicious.16b692 |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| Cyren | W32/Themida_Packed!Eldorado |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/AdWare.KeywordFind.D |
| Emsisoft | Adware.GenericKD.3620062 (B) |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| F-Prot | W32/Themida_Packed!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Trojan.TR/Crypt.TPM.Gen |
| Fortinet | Riskware/KeywordFind |
| GData | Adware.GenericKD.3620062 |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004c13e41 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004c13e41 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Delf.gen |
| McAfee | Artemis!DCD97A616B69 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.GenericKD.3620062 |
| Microsoft | PUA:Win32/KeywordFind |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Agent.eylnhp |
| Paloalto | generic.ml |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM19.1.2E99.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD) |
| Sophos | Generic PUA PH (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Adware.Delf.Wvun |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R001C0OGH18 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R001C0OGH18 |
| Webroot | W32.Trojan.Gen |
| Yandex | PUA.KeywordFind! |
| Zillya | Trojan.RazyCRTD.Win32.5328 |
| ZoneAlarm | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Delf.gen |
| eGambit | Generic.Adware |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 68 scan results for the adforus Co., Ltd files. 44 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:
- 7ce33ddea844a6fa56256404e1481b77