Ace Race - 37% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Ace Race? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the Ace Race files collected here is 37%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice Ace Race when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can also view the Ace Race certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Ace Race file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file signed by Ace Race:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Ace Race 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, and so on. You can also view the address for Ace Race, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Ace Race certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Ace Race Files
The following are the Ace Race files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Ace Race files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| AVG | Generic.A06, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Avira | Adware/BrowseFox.A.15, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.sig, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BSig, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bCG, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BL |
| BitDefender | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.4DAE, W32.HfsAdware.65A7 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-130, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Browsefox-245, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-732 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| Cyren | W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.Yontoo.476 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.L |
| Emsisoft | Adware.NetFilter.J (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Adware.BrowseFox.BB (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-7bed2e86!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox, Riskware/NetFilter, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.kn, AdWare/Yotoon.kp, AdWare/SwiftBrowse.rg, AdWare/Yotoon.aq |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 700000121 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 700000121 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.AceRace.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!DB6E963B6180, BrowseFox-FTQ, Artemis!1CA8F9ED3395, Artemis!CB93A5D5D74F, Artemis!3C4A8E677187, Artemis!3E6523F110AE |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox-FTQ, Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgqvkd, Riskware.Win32.SwiftBrowse.dlbdsd, Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dmugky, Riskware.Win64.NetFilter.dmfxax |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM00.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.708, HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.NetTool.32d |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17F4D4A0!401921184 |
| Sophos | Generic PUA AN |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, Yontoo.C |
| TrendMicro | HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0125, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0120, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0112, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0106, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1229 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.SwiftBrowse, AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.BB |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 952 scan results for the Ace Race files. 350 of these scan reports 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 47df877938071d6194f321723076892e