Digital Communications Inc - 12% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Digital Communications Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP/SegurazoAV and PUP.Optional.Segurazo. The detection rate for the Digital Communications Inc files collected here is 12%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Digital Communications Inc when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Digital Communications Inc certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Digital Communications Inc file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Digital Communications Inc:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Digital Communications Inc 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Digital Communications Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, COMODO RSA Extended Validation Code Signing CA and Sectigo RSA Code Signing CA has issued the Digital Communications Inc certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Digital Communications Inc Files
These are the Digital Communications Inc files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/70 | SAntivirusService.exe |
| 23/73 | santivirusclient.exe |
| 3/69 | tasantiviruskd.sys |
| 1/72 | iutils.dll |
| 6/69 | SAntivirusService.exe |
| 4/72 | santivirusservice.exe |
| 1/72 | SegurazoService.exe |
| 4/64 | SInspector.dll |
| 5/71 | SegurazoService.exe |
| 1/70 | SegurazoClient.exe |
| 1/73 | SAntivirusService.exe |
| 20/73 | SAntivirusClient.exe |
| 4/72 | segurazoservice.exe |
| 14/71 | SegurazoClient.exe |
| 3/69 | SegurazoService.exe |
| 2/72 | SAntivirusUninstaller.exe |
| 21/72 | SegurazoClient.exe |
| 4/72 | SegurazoClient.exe |
| 11/73 | SegurazoService.exe |
| 21/73 | SAntivirusClient.exe |
| 10/73 | santivirusservice.exe |
| 25/69 | SAntivirusClient.exe |
| 1/69 | SAntivirusEngine.dll |
| 14/71 | SAntivirusService.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Digital Communications Inc files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| AVG | FileRepMalware [PUP], FileRepMetagen [PUP] |
| Ad-Aware | Application.Agent.IVY, Application.Agent.IVM, Trojan.GenericKD.43106434, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.1, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.10 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Segurazo.C4168611, PUP/Win32.Segurazo.C4168616 |
| Antiy-AVL | HackTool[Hoax]/MSIL.Seguras |
| Arcabit | Application.Agent.IVY, Application.Agent.IVM, Trojan.Generic.D291C082, Trojan.Application.Segurazo.1, Trojan.Application.Segurazo.10 |
| BitDefender | Application.Agent.IVY, Application.Agent.IVM, Trojan.GenericKD.43106434, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.1, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.10 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Trojan.Presenoker, Trojan.Agent |
| Cybereason | malicious.6f26f1 |
| Cylance | Unsafe |
| Cyren | W32/Trojan.JGDM-7933, W32/Trojan.JFHR-8369, W32/Trojan.JLCH-6153, W32/Application.WNHK-4424, W32/Application.WZMU-7223, W32/Application.QPVL-8628 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Segurazo.A potentially unwanted, a variant of MSIL/Segurazo.B potentially unwanted, a variant of MSIL/Segurazo.C potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/Segurazo.C potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Application.Agent.IVY (B), Application.Agent.IVM (B), Application.PCFixer (A), Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.1 (B) |
| Endgame | malicious (moderate confidence), malicious (high confidence) |
| FireEye | Application.Agent.IVY, Application.Agent.IVM, Trojan.GenericKD.43106434, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.1, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.10 |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Seguras, Riskware/Segurazo |
| GData | Win32.Application.Segurazo.A, MSIL.Application.Segurazo.A |
| Gridinsoft | Adware.Segurazo.dd!c |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| Jiangmin | TrojanRansom.MSIL.a |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 00565e8b1 ), Adware ( 0056e2381 ), Trojan ( 0001140e1 ), Adware ( 00568e221 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00560ccc1 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 00565e8b1 ), Adware ( 0056e2381 ), Trojan ( 0001140e1 ), Adware ( 00568e221 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00560ccc1 ) |
| Kaspersky | HEUR:Hoax.MSIL.Seguras.gen, HEUR:Hoax.Win32.Seguras.gen |
| MAX | malware (ai score=76), malware (ai score=87) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Segurazo |
| MaxSecure | Trojan.Malware.100785095.susgen, Trojan.Malware.775328.susgen, Trojan.Malware.74726196.susgen, Trojan.Malware.100993391.susgen, Trojan.Malware.101957526.susgen |
| McAfee | Artemis!C9AC085E714F, PUP-IBA, Artemis!82E0129F6EF9, Artemis!FC39E31F4343, Artemis!FEBBCF7945E4, Artemis!0A8CAEA6F26F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, PUP-IBA |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Application.Agent.IVY, Application.Agent.IVM, Trojan.GenericKD.43106434, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.1, Gen:Variant.Application.Segurazo.10 |
| Microsoft | PUA:Win32/Presenoker |
| Panda | PUP/SegurazoAV |
| Qihoo-360 | Generic/Trojan.1d9, Win32/Trojan.c96, Trojan.Generic, Win32/Trojan.Hoax.eb5, Generic/Trojan.Hoax.eb5 |
| Rising | Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD), Malware.Heuristic!ET#86% (RDMK:cmRtazoDWZZu1XMGpV5G2lnMpgEr), PUA.Segurazo!8.10C5A (CLOUD), Hoax.Seguras!8.11508 (CLOUD), Malware.Contebrew!8.10DD5 (TFE:D:s22itCZnxwJ), PUF.Segurazo!8.10C5A (TFE:D:GK0ceDYGY2U) |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.Segurazo/Variant |
| Sangfor | Malware |
| Sophos | Generic PUA AC (PUA), Generic PUA HB (PUA), Generic PUA CG (PUA) |
| TrendMicro | PUA.MSIL.Segurazo.B, PUA.MSIL.Segurazo.SMCS |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | PUA.MSIL.Segurazo.B, PUA.MSIL.Segurazo.SMCS |
| VBA32 | BScope.Trojan.Nemain |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Webroot | Pua.Segurazo |
| Zillya | Tool.Seguras.Win32.6, Tool.Seguras.Win32.35, Tool.Seguras.Win32.61, Tool.Seguras.Win32.102 |
| ZoneAlarm | HEUR:Hoax.MSIL.Seguras.gen |
| eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_92% |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 2130 scan reports for the Digital Communications Inc files. 246 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:
- 5e071b50230644f9dcaa6a7736324027
- 00d409a3616c3e99f6c4e3624896f99e65
- 00be8245d015b674066682ba42c3ab7b8d