Coder Born Group - 35% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Coder Born Group? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Crossrider (fs) and Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1. The detection rate for the Coder Born Group files collected here is 35%. Please read on for more details.

You'll typically notice Coder Born Group when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Coder Born Group appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the Coder Born Group certificate with the following steps:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Coder Born Group file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Coder Born Group:

Screenshot of the Coder Born Group certificate

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 Coder Born Group and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 view the address for Coder Born Group, such as the street name, city and country.

COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Coder Born Group certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Coder Born Group Files

These are the Coder Born Group files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
6/55Browsers Apps--bho64.dll
6/55Browsers Apps --bho64.dll
29/54WTEJD.exe
35/54XSHJY.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Coder Born Group files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVwareCrossrider (fs)
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.CrossRider
AntiVirADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.Adwapper, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrossRider
AvastWin64:Adware-gen [Adw]
AviraADWARE/CrossRider.Gen2, Adware/CrossRider.gr
Baidu-InternationalPUA.Win32.CrossRider.BAV
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
CAT-QuickHealAdWare.NSIS.g5 (Not a Virus)
ClamAVWin.Trojan.Crossrider-58, Win.Adware.Plush-47
ComodoApplicUnwnt, Application.Win32.Plush.GRI
DrWebTrojan.Crossrider.31767, Trojan.Crossrider.31738
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win64/Toolbar.Crossrider.I, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.CrossRider.AV
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1 (B)
F-ProtW32/A-2da5f9d7!Eldorado, W32/A-36036ca5!Eldorado
F-SecureGen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
FortinetAdware/Adwapper
GDataWin32.Adware.Crossrider.R, Gen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
IkarusPUA.Toolbar.CrossRider, Trojan.GoogUpdate
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 004ae7191 )
K7GWTrojan ( 004ae7191 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.Adwapper.ay
KingsoftWin32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud)
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.BrowsersApp.A
McAfeeArtemis!293DA1851DDA, Artemis!2CD576160D70
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.th
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Adware.Plush.1
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.GoogUpdate.deofza, Riskware.Win32.Crossrider.denvje
Qihoo-360HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
RisingPE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.177C4C02!394021890
SophosGeneric PUA IG, Generic PUA MI
SymantecAdware.Crossid
TencentNsis.Adware.Adwapper.Hqlx, Nsis.Adware.Adwapper.Hvjp
TrendMicroTROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJ914, TROJ_GEN.R002C0EJ914
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJ914, TROJ_GEN.R002C0EJ914
VBA32AdWare.Adwapper
VIPRECrossrider (fs)
ZillyaTrojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.2131, Trojan.GoogUpdate.Win32.2164

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 218 scan results for the Coder Born Group files. 76 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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:

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