Akorea - 62% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Akorea? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Application.BootCare.A and Kraddare. The detection rate for the Akorea files collected here is 62%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Akorea when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Akorea certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Akorea file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Akorea:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Akorea and that no one has tampered with the file.
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, etc. You can also see the address for Akorea, such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the Akorea certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Akorea Files
The following are the Akorea files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 34/55 | liveboanBK.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Akorea files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic4.AUMD |
| AVware | Kraddare |
| Ad-Aware | Application.BootCare.A |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Adware!psAv+twKg8U |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.NKsolution |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan[FakeAV:HEUR]/Win32.Onescan |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-AZQ [Adw] |
| Avira | TR/Onescan.A.38 |
| BitDefender | Application.BootCare.A |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Fakealert.24170 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Kraddare.Q |
| F-Secure | Application.BootCare.A |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Kraddare |
| GData | Application.BootCare.A |
| Ikarus | Application.BootCare |
| Jiangmin | Trojan/Genome.nqk |
| K7AntiVirus | Backdoor ( 04c51c2a1 ) |
| Malwarebytes | Rogue.LiveBoan |
| McAfee | Artemis!FB43675CCD03 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!Trojan |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Application.BootCare.A |
| Microsoft | Rogue:Win32/Onescan |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Fakealert.cytgzc |
| Norman | Kraddare.L |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Trojan.Adware.659 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Trojan.Agent/Gen-FraudScan[Int] |
| Sophos | Mal/FakeAV-OX |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Edxb |
| VBA32 | Trojan-Downloader.FakeAV.0759 |
| VIPRE | Kraddare |
| Zillya | Trojan.FakeAV.Win32.132193 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 55 scan reports for the Akorea files. 34 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 5d613064725d2995334f25a0f88211d1