CoolMirage Ltd. - 6% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from CoolMirage Ltd.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as CoolMirage Ltd (fs) and PUP/MultiToolbar.A. The detection rate for the CoolMirage Ltd. files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice CoolMirage Ltd. 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 additional details from the CoolMirage Ltd. digital signature with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the CoolMirage Ltd. file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file digitally signed by CoolMirage Ltd.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by CoolMirage Ltd. and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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, etc. You can also view the address for CoolMirage Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the CoolMirage Ltd. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
CoolMirage Ltd. Files
These are the CoolMirage Ltd. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 15/53 | The_Ghosts_In_Our_Machine_2013_New_Releases_Full_HD_Movie_kazi4S_bbir.exe |
| 2/48 | FreeTVDownloader.exe |
| 2/50 | FTDownloader.exe |
| 6/52 | 00000000 |
| 4/46 | 00000000 |
| 5/50 | TornTV.exe |
| 9/51 | 00000001 |
| 10/51 | 00000000 |
| 8/52 | 00000000 |
| 7/49 | MovieDownloader.exe |
| 8/52 | Feed2AllApp.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the CoolMirage Ltd. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.450 |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab.1 |
| AntiVir | APPL/CoolMirage.VA.101, Adware/1ClickDownload.AA.56 |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| BitDefender | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab.1 |
| Bkav | W32.Clod40d.Trojan.9fde |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.MCool.E, UnclassifiedMalware, ApplicUnwnt |
| DrWeb | Adware.Downware.1263, Adware.Downware.1837, Adware.Downware.1403 |
| F-Secure | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab |
| GData | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab.1 |
| Ikarus | AdWare.1ClickDownload |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.OneClickDownloader.A, PUP.Optional.CoolMirage.A |
| McAfee | Adware-SweetIM, Artemis!C6CC74B46E94, Artemis!0593D80A3985, Artemis!20ACCE656B41, Artemis!8C613E93F13A |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!C6CC74B46E94, Artemis!0593D80A3985, Artemis!20ACCE656B41, Artemis!8C613E93F13A |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Application.Bundler.DefaultTab.1 |
| Panda | PUP/MultiToolbar.A, Adware/MultiToolbar |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.47b |
| Sophos | CoolMirage |
| Symantec | Trojan.ADH.SMH, WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0417, TROJ_GEN.F47V0430, TROJ_GEN.F47V1026 |
| VIPRE | CoolMirage Ltd (fs) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1306 scan results for the CoolMirage Ltd. files. 76 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review 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:
- 2b95f61752266b15878adf48e717c64b
- 110f603e63c86349a5f243ea06966f33