outobox - 16% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by outobox? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as MalSign.Outobox.C42 and PUP.Optional.Outobox.A. The detection rate for the outobox files collected here is 16%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see outobox when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the outobox certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the outobox file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by outobox:
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 outobox 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 outobox, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the outobox certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
outobox Files
These are the outobox files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/50 | wstlib64.sys |
| 2/47 | outoboxbho.dll |
| 4/48 | utiloutobox.exe |
| 3/51 | {1a147621-8c9a-4d6b-a557-6513a40d3207}gw.sys |
| 1/48 | tstlib.sys |
| 1/46 | outobox.IEUpdate.dll |
| 3/48 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 6/51 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 7/51 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 1/50 | wstlib64.sys |
| 30/56 | {1a147621-8c9a-4d6b-a557-6513a40d3207}w64.sys |
| 6/49 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 20/49 | Setup[1].exe |
| 7/49 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 15/50 | outoboxBHO.dll |
| 5/49 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 2/49 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 23/51 | outoboxBHO.dll |
| 3/51 | XTLSApp.exe |
| 5/51 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 8/51 | FilterApp_C64.exe |
| 4/50 | outobox.BrowserAdapter.exe |
| 9/51 | updateoutobox.exe |
| 10/53 | utiloutobox.exe |
| 7/51 | utiloutobox.exe |
| 8/54 | utiloutobox.exe |
| 7/53 | outoboxBrowserFilter.exe |
| 2/55 | utiloutobox.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the outobox files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| AVG | MalSign.Outobox.C42, Outobox.C42, Generic.8B5 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Agent!, PUA.LinkSwift! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Outobox, Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, PUP/Win32.Downloader |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, AdWare/Win32.WebCake.gen, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.LinkSwift |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-FN [PUP] |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.H, Adware.Win32.Agent.Abw, Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.G, Adware.Win32.Agent.AD, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.I, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.A, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bI |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| Bkav | W32.Clod3f1.Trojan.d7aa, W32.Clod111.Trojan.b101 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.10, Trojan.BPlug.35, Trojan.BPlug.123, Adware.Plugin.134, Trojan.BPlug.28 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.F, Win32/BrowseFox.B, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.I, Win64/BrowseFox.A, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.I |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA (B), Generic.Banker.Delf.27F8CDAF (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, not-a-virus:AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, Adware/Agent.izz, AdWare/LinkSwift.bl |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Outobox.A, PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!E0D5D8077BDD, Artemis!340F46222748, Adware-BrowseFox, Artemis!F48244FEBD33, Artemis!9CB7FA24CC24, Artemis!EE807F18A26A, Artemis!6103B6EC9003, Artemis!B330C76B1472 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!E0D5D8077BDD, Artemis!340F46222748, Adware-BrowseFox, Artemis!F48244FEBD33, Artemis!9CB7FA24CC24, Artemis!EE807F18A26A, Artemis!6103B6EC9003, Artemis!B330C76B1472 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqsznp, Riskware.Win32.Agent.cuenda |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM03.Gen |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | OutoBox, BrowseSmart, Generic PUA NB, Generic PUA BA, Generic PUA NI |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Tapf |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNV.03I914 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0130, TROJ_SPNV.03I914, TROJ_GEN.F47V1208, TROJ_GEN.F47V0125, TROJ_GEN.F47V0220, TROJ_GEN.F47V0301, TROJ_GEN.F47V0505, TROJ_GEN.F47V0519 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.Agent, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BA |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 1518 scan reports for the outobox files. 248 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 603472def1c8b65b2e93e06c16768db7
- 3308b48a98d635f50af4e52b1d5e6168