snipsmart - 34% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by snipsmart? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.555 and Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH. The detection rate for the snipsmart files collected here is 34%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see snipsmart when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the snipsmart digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the snipsmart file
- Right-click on 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 snipsmart:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by snipsmart and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above, you can see 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 examine the address for snipsmart, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the snipsmart certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
snipsmart Files
These are the snipsmart files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the snipsmart files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | BrowseFox.F, Generic.555 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Agnitum | PUA.Yotoon!, Riskware.Agent!, Trojan.BPlug! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet, Trojan/Win32.SGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, APPL/BrowseFox.Gen, Adware/BrowseFox.A.15, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, Adware/BrowseFox.A.168 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bG, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BAG, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bC, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-7, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130, Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-8 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM, TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.RiskWare.NetFilter.D |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.141, Trojan.BPlug.123, Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.281, Trojan.BPlug.181, Tool.NetFilter.1 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, probably a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.AG, Win32/BrowseFox.V, Win32/BrowseFox.C |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.G (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/Yotoon |
| GData | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.SwiftBrowse, not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon, PUA.Elex |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, TrojanDownloader.Adload.way |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.BrowseFox.G.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SnipSmart.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!EA726F0417D8, BrowseFox, Artemis!BC3108588AF5, Artemis!1909F6B2580A, Artemis!8CAE8FE9CCE3 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.BPlug.ddwtte, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgqvkd, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.dfewso |
| Panda | Trj/Chgt.E, Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.708, HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA PJ, Generic PUA FP, Generic PUA JG |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Suspicious.Swkk, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Dwjp, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Aexp |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1119, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0826 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3, Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.44267, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.G, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.J |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 2356 scan reports for the snipsmart files. 805 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 44017a0654590e4048857ce5a4a44f1a