AdvanceElite - 29% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from AdvanceElite? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.C09 and Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC. The detection rate for the AdvanceElite files collected here is 29%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice AdvanceElite when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the AdvanceElite certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the AdvanceElite file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by AdvanceElite:
As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by AdvanceElite 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 AdvanceElite, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the AdvanceElite certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
AdvanceElite Files
The following are the AdvanceElite files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the AdvanceElite files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.NetFilter.H |
| AVG | Generic.C09, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Adware.BrowseFox, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.SGeneric, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet |
| Avast | Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, SPR/NetFilter.F, Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, Adware/BrowseFox.aom |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bQ, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO |
| BitDefender | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-291, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Netfilter-134 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.218, Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.167, Trojan.BPlug.279, Trojan.BPlug.181 |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win64/BrowseFox.B, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.Q, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.A |
| Emsisoft | Adware.AdvanceElite.A (B), Adware.NetFilter.H (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-6238163f!Eldorado, W32/A-248e95ab!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 0040f9841 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 0040f9841 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.AdvanceElite.A, PUP.Optional.BPlug |
| McAfee | PUP-FPS, Adware-BrowseFox, Artemis!46EFAA29B4F7, Artemis!F8A270F3EAE3, Artemis!A0BDD3A426E9, BrowseFox-FRI |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | PUP-FPS, Adware-BrowseFox, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dihvym, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfsehz |
| Norman | BrowseFox.BE |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen |
| Sophos | Generic PUA HF, Generic PUA FO, Generic PUA MM |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ebrh, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pfjz, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Lqor, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Efao, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Efat, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ecvd |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1107 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Adware.BrowseFox, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFox.Win64.1, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.AdvanceElite.A, Adware.NetFilter.H, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CC |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1846 scan results for the AdvanceElite files. 534 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 4e2e56b75e7e0844e10d5be52cdf0e39