Small Island Development - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Small Island Development? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen and Adware/PullUpdate.AP. The detection rate for the Small Island Development files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Small Island Development when 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 Small Island Development certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Small Island Development file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file that has been signed by Small Island Development:
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 Small Island Development and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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, and so on. You can also view the address for Small Island Development, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Small Island Development certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Small Island Development Files
These are the Small Island Development files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 5/53 | AuQMKw.exe |
| 25/57 | ixdoaalkfsp.exe |
| 9/55 | irxrbs.exe |
| 13/56 | dzxocgky.exe |
| 17/56 | DTYstQjOGsg.exe |
| 14/55 | LFwjbIuidJA.exe |
| 9/54 | JzdMlPeyj.dll |
| 1/54 | dxodtckwl.exe |
| 6/55 | KuqVPHma.exe |
| 10/56 | VideoDimmerService.exe |
| 12/57 | MovieWizardService.exe |
| 16/56 | HbFSjr.exe |
| 9/57 | AeSnnwN.dll |
| 6/57 | uninstall.exe |
| 24/57 | WXWODnEvGtD.exe |
| 22/57 | IYhuyTfVVi.dll |
| 2/57 | qWZsLatm.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Small Island Development files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Downloader.CBD, Downloader.BSH, Generic_r.YZ, Generic.8BE, Downloader.DIQ |
| AVware | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Application.Agent.HD, Adware.PullUpdate.G, Application.Generic.1080746 |
| Agnitum | PUA.PullUpdate! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Meteroids |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/MSIL.PullUpdate |
| Avira | Adware/PullUpdate.AP, ADWARE/Adware.Gen, ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bG, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.bE, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.BG, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.K, Adware.MSIL.PullUpdate.G |
| BitDefender | Application.Agent.HD, Adware.PullUpdate.G, Application.Generic.1080746 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.BF28, W32.HfsAdware.75ED |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Adware.TVWizard.A3 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Adware.Yontoo.55, Adware.Yontoo.56 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.E, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.K.gen |
| Emsisoft | Adware.PullUpdate.G (B) |
| F-Secure | Application.Agent.HD, Adware.PullUpdate.G, Application.Generic.1080746 |
| Fortinet | Adware/PullUpdate |
| GData | Application.Agent.HD, Adware.PullUpdate.G, Application.Generic.1080746, Win32.Application.Agent.GEXO71 |
| Ikarus | PUA.Downloader, AdWare.PullUpdate |
| Jiangmin | Adware/Agent.annd, AdWare/SaMon.bh |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004afdd71 ), Adware ( 004b06651 ) |
| K7GW | DoS-Trojan ( 2002272e1 ), Trojan ( 044444441 ), DoS-Trojan ( 2008908f1 ), Riskware ( 0049f6ae1 ), Adware ( 004b06651 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win64.Agent.y, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.SaMon.e |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.TVWizard.A, PUP.Optional.MovieWizard.A, PUP.Optional.VideoDimmer.A, PUP.Optional.ZombieInvasion.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!79F26206E9E0, Artemis!EDFE31F051F5, Artemis!68320A469AFC, Artemis!AF5605829B4E, Artemis!6F317EFFBB39, Artemis!6AD42FFEFB71 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Application.Agent.HD, Adware.PullUpdate.G, Application.Generic.1080746 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win64.Downware.dhdcgg, Riskware.Win32.SaMon.dniyss |
| Panda | Adware/TVWizard, Generic Malware |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.d4e, HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.TVWizard/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA MK, Generic PUA HB, Generic PUA JP, Generic PUA HP, Generic PUA LD, Generic PUA EO |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00A515, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OLC14, TROJ_GEN.R021C0OBF15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F0C2C00A515, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1219, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1108, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0117, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0120, TROJ_GEN.R08NH07BD15, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OLC14, TROJ_GEN.R021C0OBF15 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.MSIL.PullUpdate, AdWare.Agent, TScope.Trojan.MSIL |
| VIPRE | MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.273 |
| nProtect | Adware.PullUpdate.G |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 5226 scan results for the Small Island Development files. 1114 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 31a84249503e31798e91715167a83481
- 2acb4cdce993e485342abfa2bca95a17