BrowseMark - 20% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by BrowseMark? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Bromrak.A3C and Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF. The detection rate for the BrowseMark files collected here is 20%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see BrowseMark 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 BrowseMark certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the BrowseMark file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by BrowseMark:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by BrowseMark and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 examine the address for BrowseMark, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the BrowseMark certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
BrowseMark Files
These are the BrowseMark files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the BrowseMark files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF |
| AVG | Bromrak.A3C, MalSign.Bromrak.A3C, Generic5.ARBG |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.LinkSwift!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.LinkSwift |
| Arcabit | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-FI [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-AO [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.aoz, APPL/BrowseFox.H, Adware/BrowseFox.A.15 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.D, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.45, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.80, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.71, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.A, Adware.Win32.Agent.aAAV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.81 |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.BCF2 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-79, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130 |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK |
| Cyren | W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.1741, Trojan.BPlug.17, Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.35 |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.A, Win64/BrowseFox.A, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.F, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.BP |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado, W32/A-dd00b781!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox, Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Win32.Application.BrowseFox.B, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast, AdWare.WebCake, PUA.RiskWare.NetFilter |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, AdWare/LinkSwift.bl, AdWare/Yotoon.l |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win64.NetFilter.b, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.BrowseMark.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!4D3906910C12, Artemis!106B7B4B6440, RDN/Generic PUP.x!cn3, Artemis!671E74B04A86, Artemis!B6D43F8F2A31, Artemis!B308DD57BC88 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!4D3906910C12, Artemis!106B7B4B6440, RDN/Generic PUP.x!cn3, Artemis!671E74B04A86, BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.fh, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.ddghtt, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgqvkd |
| Panda | PUP/BrowseMark |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.eb6 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.NetFilter/Variant, Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Browse Fox |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ahov |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNV.03IA14 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0523, TROJ_SPNV.03IA14, TROJ_GEN.F47V0601 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| ViRobot | Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.61120.AD[h] |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.1, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.BF, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CN |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 943 scan results for the BrowseMark files. 186 of these scan reports 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 61d3176bc90758b1b3f2af5f8e4b7075