Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by InstallerTech Corp? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF and PUA.Conduit.SearchProtect. The detection rate for the InstallerTech Corp files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically notice InstallerTech Corp when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the InstallerTech Corp certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by InstallerTech Corp:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by InstallerTech Corp and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 view the address for InstallerTech Corp, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the InstallerTech Corp certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the InstallerTech Corp files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/51 | Setup_ODM.exe |
6/56 | Unconfirmed 917862.crdownload |
2/55 | SoftwareUpdater (1).exe |
1/57 | Setup_ODM.exe |
1/54 | f_00b5e5 |
3/56 | SoftwareUpdater.exe |
1/56 | SoftwareUpdater.exe |
Here is the detection names for the InstallerTech Corp 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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ESET-NOD32 | Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect.W |
Ikarus | PUA.Conduit.SearchProtect |
McAfee | Artemis!C0759FD25E84, Artemis!923A9ECE946C |
McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.gc, BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.fc, BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.fc, BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareOutBrowse.fc |
Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V1203, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1214, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0119 |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 385 scan results for the InstallerTech Corp files. 18 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: