Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Koyote-Lab Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.BGuard.14 and SearchSuite. The detection rate for the Koyote-Lab Inc. files collected here is 8%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Koyote-Lab Inc. when double-clicking to run 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 Koyote-Lab Inc. certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Koyote-Lab Inc.:
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 Koyote-Lab Inc. 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for Koyote-Lab Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 and thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the Koyote-Lab Inc. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Koyote-Lab Inc. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/46 | BROWSE~1.DLL |
2/26 | datamngr.dll |
1/27 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
2/45 | IEBHO.dll |
1/46 | datamngr.dll |
1/47 | IEBHO.dll |
1/47 | datamngr.dll |
5/47 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
2/52 | soffer.DLL |
12/56 | Uninstall.exe |
1/46 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
1/46 | BROWSE~1.DLL |
1/47 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
1/42 | datamngr.dll |
2/45 | IEBHO.dll |
5/47 | mgrldr.dll |
1/47 | DatamngrCoordinator.exe |
1/42 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
1/45 | BROWSE~1.DLL |
1/48 | apcrtldr.dll |
4/47 | DATAMN~1.EXE |
1/46 | IEBHO.dll |
1/51 | Helper.DLL |
1/46 | datamngr.dll |
2/50 | Uninstall.exe |
12/54 | apcrtldr.dll |
13/56 | apcrtldr.dll |
3/47 | Setup_FreeConverter.exe |
13/56 | DatamngrCoordinator.exe |
26/55 | FreeMp3WmaConverterSetup-r0-n-bc.exe |
25/55 | FreeVideoConverterSetup-r0-n-bf-3.2.0.0.exe |
0/46 | datamngrcoordinator.exe |
0/46 | DATAMN~2.EXE |
0/45 | mgrldr.dll |
0/46 | apcrtldr.dll |
Here's the detection names for the Koyote-Lab Inc. 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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AVG | MalSign.Koyote.28F, SearchSuite, Toolbar.SearchSuite, Generic.E34 |
AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
AegisLab | Pua.Seasuite.Gen!c |
Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Bandoo! |
AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.SearchSuite, PUP/Win32.SearchSuite, Win-PUP/SearchSuite |
Antiy-AVL | RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win64.SearchSuite, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.SearchSuite, Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric |
Avast | Win32:PUP-gen [PUP] |
Avira | Adware/SeaSuite.ona, PUA/SeaSuite.Gen |
Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.SearchSuite.Q, PUA.Win32.KoyoteLab.aBA |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.95E4 |
CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Koyotelabi.Gen |
ClamAV | Win.Adware.Searchsuite-3, Win.Trojan.FakeAV-75137 |
Comodo | Application.Win32.WebToolbar.SearchSuite.~A, UnclassifiedMalware, ApplicUnwnt.Win32.WebToolbar.SearchSuite.A |
Cyren | W32/Trojan.SHAK-6654 |
DrWeb | Adware.Searcher.2358, Adware.BGuard.14, Adware.Downware.964, Adware.Searcher.2497, Adware.Bandoo.228, Adware.Bandoo.376 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A, Win32/Soffer.A, a variant of Win32/KoyoteLab.A, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite, Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.B, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D, a variant of Win64/Toolbar.SearchSuite.A, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.P, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.C, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.D potentially unwanted, Win32/Toolbar.SearchSuite.W potentially unwanted |
Emsisoft | Riskware.Win32.Toolbar.SearchSuite.AMN (A) |
GData | Win32.Application.KoyoteLab.A, Win32.Application.Searchsuite.B, Win32.Application.KoyoteLab.B, NSIS.Application.SearchSuite.G |
Ikarus | PUA.Toolbar.SearchSuite |
K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004b0b471 ), Trojan ( 004a85da1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ), Adware ( 004bb9731 ), Adware ( 004b9b431 ) |
K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004b0b471 ), Trojan ( 004a85da1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ), Adware ( 004bb9731 ), Adware ( 004b9b431 ) |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:WebToolbar.Win32.SearchSuite.gen |
Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Koyote.A, PUP.Optional.Koyote |
McAfee | Artemis!AE99CC4CA7BA, SearchSuite, Artemis!F11DD18EFDF1, Artemis!4D2C465509D6 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!AE99CC4CA7BA, SearchSuite, BehavesLike.Win32.Worm.wh, Artemis!PUP |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Bandoo.dylvvx, Riskware.Win32.Bandoo.duoljr |
Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.fa2 |
Rising | NS:Trojan.SearchSuite!1.A261 [F] |
Sophos | SearchSuite, Generic PUA DH (PUA), SearchSuite (PUA) |
Symantec | WS.Reputation.1, Trojan.Semnager, Trojan.Gen.2 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0325, TROJ_GEN.F47V0727, TROJ_GEN.F47V0411, TROJ_GEN.F47V0831 |
VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
ViRobot | Adware.Bandoo.1335200[h], Adware.Bandoo.1280856[h] |
Zillya | Adware.SearchSuite.Win64.366, Trojan.Virlock.Win32.27939 |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1812 scan results for the Koyote-Lab Inc. files. 144 of these scan reports 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:
Installing koyote free video converter in my widow 8 seems difficult. Instead of final installation, it is only taking me to torch web page. I need directive from you on how to install
# 9 Sep 2016, 22:28
Douglas O. writes