Aidem Media Limited - 35% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Aidem Media Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 and malicious (high confidence). The detection rate for the Aidem Media Limited files collected here is 35%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably see Aidem Media Limited when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Aidem Media Limited digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Aidem Media Limited file
- Right-click 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 signed by Aidem Media Limited:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Aidem Media Limited 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 see the address for Aidem Media Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Aidem Media Limited certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Aidem Media Limited Files
The following are the Aidem Media Limited files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 11/65 | clsid52457.exe |
| 24/65 | clsid1578.exe |
| 33/65 | clsid47583.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Aidem Media Limited files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win32.Kryptik.R208174 |
| Arcabit | Trojan.Kryptik.41 |
| Avira | TR/Crypt.ZPACK.krkfo, TR/Crypt.ZPACK.nphzv, TR/Crypt.ZPACK.vavbk |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_70% (D), malicious_confidence_60% (W) |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| Cyren | W32/Trojan.FEML-5785 |
| DrWeb | Trojan.MulDrop7.37691 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Kryptik.FVRR |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 (B) |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 |
| Fortinet | W32/Kryptik.FVLK!tr |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 |
| Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Crypt |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| Jiangmin | Trojan.Ekstak.ah |
| Kaspersky | UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic, HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
| MAX | malware (ai score=86) |
| McAfee | Artemis!F057397ADE2A, Artemis!45D32370B651 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, Artemis!Trojan |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Kryptik.41 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Ekstak.esixtf |
| Paloalto | generic.ml |
| Panda | PUP/MyCleanPC |
| Rising | Adware.FileTour!1.ACB3 (classic), Malware.Heuristic!ET#99% (rdm+) |
| SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
| Sophos | Mal/Generic-S |
| Symantec | ML.Attribute.HighConfidence, Trojan.Gen.2 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0902, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0904 |
| Webroot | W32.Trojan.Gen |
| ZoneAlarm | UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic, HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 195 scan reports for the Aidem Media Limited files. 68 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 57fc55239f21f139978609e323097132