webget - 24% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from webget? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD and Adware.SwiftBrowse.L. The detection rate for the webget files collected here is 24%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice webget when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view additional details from the webget certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the webget file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file that has been digitally signed by webget:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by webget 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, etc. You can also view the address for webget, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the webget certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
webget Files
The following are the webget files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the webget files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L |
| AVG | Generic_r.KF, Generic_r.KE, BrowseFox.F, Webet, AdPlugin.CXA, Generic_r.KI |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
| AegisLab | Adware.W32.Yotoon!c |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon!, PUA.LinkSwift! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Downloader, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Yotoon.tkt |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-F [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu | Win32.Adware.BrowseFox.r |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.H, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.80, Adware.Win32.BrowserFox.77, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.D, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.71, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bH |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.6562 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Webget.Gen |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-79 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM, TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV |
| Cyren | W32/A-c99f2d8b!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.48, Trojan.BPlug.28, Trojan.BPlug.143, Trojan.Yontoo.1808, Trojan.BPlug.47 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.I, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.K, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.Z potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.J, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.E, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.D |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-c99f2d8b!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Win32.Application.BrowseFox.B, Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast, AdWare.BrowseFox, PUA.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | Adware/Agent.kco, Adware/Agent.jbk, AdWare/Yotoon.d, AdWare/LinkSwift.di |
| K7GW | Hacktool ( 655367771 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.tkt |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Webget.A, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox, PUP.Optional.Sambreel.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!50B28FB3FA72, Artemis!7B165BEBB439, Artemis!913166BBE94B, Artemis!5886F99DC422, Artemis!0E6EF6630145, Artemis!A17FF82FAEC5, Artemis!79D64310911A, Artemis!E04AA580EA68 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!50B28FB3FA72, Artemis!7B165BEBB439, Artemis!913166BBE94B, Artemis!PUP, Artemis!A17FF82FAEC5, Artemis!79D64310911A, Artemis!E04AA580EA68 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cummdd, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.ddghtt |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant, Adware.Yontoo/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Generic PUA JB, Browse Fox, Generic PUA DG (PUA) |
| Symantec | PUA.Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Swuw, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Hpm |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNV.03IF14 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0504, TROJ_GEN.F47V0502, TROJ_GEN.F47V0503, TROJ_GEN.F47V0527, TROJ_GEN.F47V0604, TROJ_SPNV.03IF14, TROJ_GEN.F47V0501, TROJ_GEN.F47V0510, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0615, TROJ_GEN.F47V0524, TROJ_GEN.F47V0507 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.LinkSwift, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| ViRobot | Adware.Yotoon.52920.AJ[h] |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.1 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.L, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AD |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 3749 scan reports for the webget files. 910 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:
- 2ddf0a91a7d2108f978beb26d4734bba