Arctic World - 30% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Arctic World? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 and Trojan.Yontoo.3989. The detection rate for the Arctic World files collected here is 30%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Arctic World when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the additional details from the Arctic World digital signature with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Arctic World file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Arctic World:
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 Arctic World 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Arctic World, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Arctic World certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Arctic World Files
These are the Arctic World files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 16/54 | ods.exe |
| 27/54 | Plugin.exe |
| 2/54 | SearchTooKnowDesktopSearch.exe |
| 27/56 | Plugin.exe |
| 10/55 | Au_.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Arctic World files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AVG | MSIL9.AUTL, Generic_r.AVF, Generic.6A4 |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.dz, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.BrowseFox |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Trojan.MSIL.StartPage.BI |
| BitDefender | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.AE00 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-14054, Win.Adware.Browsefox-14035, Win.Adware.Browsefox-28591 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.CBZ, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.ANT |
| Cyren | W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-29b095b2!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.3989 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/StartPage.BI, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BT potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BZ potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Packed.NSISmod.D suspicious |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-29b095b2!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| GData | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Ikarus | Trojan.MSIL.StartPage, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare.Generic.agzz, AdWare.NSIS.ahp |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 700000121 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 700000121 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.BrowseFox |
| McAfee | Artemis!E5A9078BA622 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.bh, BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.fc |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Panda | Generic Suspicious |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen, HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, HEUR/QVM20.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic/QRS!1.9E2D [F], PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F] |
| Sophos | Browse Fox (PUA) |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Bp-startpage.Nlob |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 273 scan reports for the Arctic World files. 82 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 7390851b49a1b27ed66068bc139ce8bc