Alerts LLC - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Alerts LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Agent.POJ and Generic.662. The detection rate for the Alerts LLC files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Alerts LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Alerts LLC with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Alerts LLC file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Alerts LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Alerts LLC 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 see the address for Alerts LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Alerts LLC certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Alerts LLC Files
The following are the Alerts LLC files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 28/56 | SafeGuardApp.exe |
| 9/57 | SafeGuard.exe |
| 9/57 | SafeGuardSrv.exe |
| 9/57 | SGUpdaterSvc.exe |
| 8/57 | setup.exe |
| 10/57 | safeguardbrowser.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Alerts LLC files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| AVG | Generic.662 |
| AVware | Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs), Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Arcabit | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.Verti.K |
| BitDefender | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.8F33 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Alerts.~AB |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.981 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Verti.K potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.POJ (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Verti |
| GData | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004ba9281 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004ba9281 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Alerts.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!88D860EB44EF, Artemis!390E80CED15F, Artemis!67E0E784BB2E, Artemis!853C452D51A9, Artemis!7E8B33DD2777 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!PUP, Artemis, Artemis!Trojan |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.POJ |
| Sophos | Alerts SafeGuard, Verti |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, WS.Reputation.1, Adware.WeatherAlerts |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R047C0ODL15 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0420, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0507, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0504, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0326 |
| VIPRE | Blinkx/SevereWeatherAlerts (fs), Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
| Zillya | Trojan.Black.Win32.35544 |
| nProtect | Adware.Agent.POJ |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 341 scan results for the Alerts LLC files. 73 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:
- 00a4fe74573c3aaf1867f4df866a77b161