Crazy Idea Development - 23% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Crazy Idea Development? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Downloader.CBD and ADWARE/Adware.Gen7. The detection rate for the Crazy Idea Development files collected here is 23%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically notice Crazy Idea Development when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Crazy Idea Development appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Crazy Idea Development with the following steps:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Crazy Idea Development:

Screenshot of the Crazy Idea Development certificate

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 Crazy Idea Development 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Crazy Idea Development, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Crazy Idea Development certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Crazy Idea Development Files

The following are the Crazy Idea Development files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
3/55HlNMLaJ.exe
18/57uMtdrWmEYRJ.exe
17/56TAUVKFr.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Crazy Idea Development files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGDownloader.CBD
AVwareMSIL.Adware.PullUpdate
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.TSGeneric
AviraADWARE/Adware.Gen7
Baidu-InternationalAdware.MSIL.PullUpdate.BG
ComodoApplicUnwnt
DrWebAdware.Yontoo.55
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen
FortinetAdware/PullUpdate
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004afdd71 )
K7GWAdware ( 004afdd71 )
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.MobiusRadio.A
McAfeeArtemis!B17F08DD9D70, Artemis!225ACD3333F6
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis!PUP
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.Yontoo.dlahfq
SophosGeneric PUA NE, Generic PUA AG
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2
TencentMsil.Adware.Pullupdate.Hooo
TrendMicro-HouseCallSuspicious_GEN.F47V1221
VIPREMSIL.Adware.PullUpdate
ZillyaAdware.PullUpdate.Win32.293, Adware.PullUpdate.Win32.357

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 168 scan results for the Crazy Idea Development files. 38 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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:

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