Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by diamondata? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.DiamonData.A and a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H. The detection rate for the diamondata files collected here is 7%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see diamondata 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 also view the diamondata certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by diamondata:
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 diamondata and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 view the address for diamondata, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the diamondata certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the diamondata files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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2/47 | diamondatabho.dll |
6/48 | diamondatabho.dll |
2/48 | updatediamondata.exe |
4/48 | diamondata.Common.dll |
1/47 | diamondatabho.dll |
2/51 | utildiamondata.exe |
7/51 | updatediamondata.exe |
5/51 | utildiamondata.exe |
6/54 | updatediamondata.exe |
Here is the detection names for the diamondata 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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AVware | Yontoo (fs) |
AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH |
DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.35 |
ESET-NOD32 | probably a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.A, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.A, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H |
Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox |
Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.DiamonData.A |
McAfee | Artemis!3379556E4620 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!3379556E4620 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0910, TROJ_GEN.F47V1002, TROJ_GEN.F47V0919, TROJ_GEN.F47V0407 |
VIPRE | Yontoo (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 494 scan reports for the diamondata files. 35 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: