Deal Keeper - 27% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Deal Keeper? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Win32:BrowseFox-CE [PUP]. The detection rate for the Deal Keeper files collected here is 27%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Deal Keeper when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Deal Keeper certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Deal Keeper file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file digitally signed by Deal Keeper:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Deal Keeper and that the file has not been tampered with.
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, and so on. You can also view the address for Deal Keeper, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Deal Keeper certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Deal Keeper Files
These are the Deal Keeper files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Deal Keeper files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Dealkeeper.9D0, Generic.A57, Generic.E58, Generic5.ASTV |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox, Adware.SwiftBrowse |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-CE [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.aoo |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BAS, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bAS, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.80, Trojan.Win64.Riskware.BNetFilter, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.AS |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.124C |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, UnclassifiedMalware |
| Cyren | W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.28, Trojan.Yontoo.1742 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.AS, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.F, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B), Adware.NetFilter.E (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-6238163f!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox, Adware/Agent |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049c6c51 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.DealKeeper.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!8FCAE39A4959, Artemis!15E46DC639FE, Artemis!A25E06D55509, Artemis!48CBBAE1594B, Artemis!78659BDDD281 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!8FCAE39A4959, Artemis!15E46DC639FE, Artemis!A25E06D55509, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant, Adware.NetFilter/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Generic PUA DA, Browse Fox |
| Symantec | PUA.Gen |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ahyj |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OL714 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0718, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0726, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0717, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0807, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OL714 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, ], [ Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox, Yontoo (fs), Adware.SwiftBrowse |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249632.B, Adware.NetFilter.E |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 2699 scan reports for the Deal Keeper files. 721 of these scan results 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 3271f93530b5ab5821eb907d662ee215
- 7ef25c76dc5de0c0dab13bc8abaf9686
- 2d5a91a625d274ee29aff6e5dc4a33ac