Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by albrechto? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G and PUP.Optional.Albrechto.A. The detection rate for the albrechto files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice albrechto 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 additional details from the albrechto certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by albrechto:
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 albrechto 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 view the address for albrechto, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the albrechto certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
The following are the albrechto files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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2/48 | albrechtobho.dll |
2/48 | updatealbrechto.exe |
1/48 | updatealbrechto.exe |
1/49 | updatealbrechto.exe |
2/50 | updatealbrechto.exe |
4/51 | updatealbrechto.exe |
Here is the detection names for the albrechto files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.H |
DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.4, Trojan.BPlug.10, Trojan.BPlug.35 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Albrechto.A |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 397 scan results for the albrechto files. 12 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: