SmarterPower - 24% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by SmarterPower? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.E07 and Browse Fox. The detection rate for the SmarterPower files collected here is 24%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see SmarterPower when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the SmarterPower certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the SmarterPower 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 that has been digitally signed by SmarterPower:
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 SmarterPower 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 examine the address for SmarterPower, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the SmarterPower certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
SmarterPower Files
These are the SmarterPower files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the SmarterPower files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.E07, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Adware.SwiftBrowse, Yontoo, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs), Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Agnitum | Riskware.NetFilter!, Riskware.Agent!, Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Yotoon!, PUA.Kranet! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-AN [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen, Adware/BrowseFox.A.282 |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.Win64.Riskware.BNetFilter, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.80, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.aj, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BT |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.1, Trojan.BPlug.167, Trojan.BPlug.123, Adware.Plugin.100, Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.108 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.T, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-bd57be8c!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/Kranet, Riskware/BrowseFox, Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BV, Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.SwiftBrowse, PUA.BrowseFox, PUA.RiskWare.NetFilter |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.l, AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049f7ad1 ), Trojan ( 0049c6b61 ), Trojan ( 004af9101 ), Trojan ( 004a08081 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ), Trojan ( 0049c6b61 ), Trojan ( 004af9101 ), Trojan ( 004a08081 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SmarterPower.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!4FB1C194CBB0, BrowseFox.c, Artemis!A5EEFE825B02, Artemis!3CFF8BEEBC60, Artemis!9F2ECE340A37, Artemis!28122E889870 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox.c |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dhictn, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcnjjv |
| Panda | Trj/Chgt.D |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c, Win32/Virus.Adware.639 |
| Sophos | Browse Fox |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C, Adware.Gen, Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJG14 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0EJG14, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Adware.SwiftBrowse, Yontoo, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs), Adware.BrowseFox |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.7, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3, Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.49428, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.6, Backdoor.Krap.Win32.11216 |
| nProtect | Trojan.GenericKD.1845176, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 2278 scan reports for the SmarterPower files. 544 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. 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:
- 38d7c83a73cb4e3ac85648608e3170d8