Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by ABE Labs LTD? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as a variant of Win32/Adware.Zoremov.B and Adware.Searcher.3351. The detection rate for the ABE Labs LTD files collected here is 4%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice ABE Labs LTD when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the ABE Labs LTD certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screencap of a file signed by ABE Labs LTD:
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 ABE Labs LTD and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 ABE Labs LTD, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3 and DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) has issued the ABE Labs LTD certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
The following are the ABE Labs LTD files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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3/67 | AppRun.exe |
2/73 | Rotj.exe |
4/67 | AppRun.exe |
Here's the detection names for the ABE Labs LTD files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Comodo | ApplicUnwnt@#xf8iifx83dsf |
DrWeb | Adware.Searcher.3351 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Zoremov.B |
Microsoft | Program:Win32/Unwaders.A!ml |
Webroot | W32.Adware.Zoremov, W32.Adware.Gen |
Zillya | Adware.Zoremov.Win32.12, Adware.Zoremov.Win32.26 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 207 scan results for the ABE Labs LTD files. 9 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of ABE Labs LTD. These are the signer names:
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: