DivineMedia Inc. - 38% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by DivineMedia Inc.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057 and Adware.GenericKD.31034582. The detection rate for the DivineMedia Inc. files collected here is 38%. Please read on for more details.

You'll probably notice DivineMedia Inc. when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:

Screenshot where DivineMedia Inc. appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the DivineMedia Inc. certificate with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screengrab of a file signed by DivineMedia Inc.:

Screenshot of the DivineMedia Inc. certificate

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by DivineMedia Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, and so on. You can also view the address for DivineMedia Inc., such as the street name, city and country.

Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the DivineMedia Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

DivineMedia Inc. Files

The following are the DivineMedia Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
29/48nmgth.exe
8/57pcsu.exe
30/63vdpro.exe
24/71vprodefenderl.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the DivineMedia Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacAdware.GenericKD.31034582
AVGGeneric5.AIIZ, Win32:Adware-AZC [Adw]
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057, Adware.GenericKD.31034582
AegisLabAdWare.W32.Agent.lpCH
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.Helper, PUP/Win32.VDoctor.R43973
AlibabaTrojan:Win32/Adkor.3110b96a
ArcabitAdware.Generic.D1D98CD6
AvastWin32:Adware-AZC [Adw]
AviraADWARE/AgentCV.azc.38, HEUR/AGEN.1001930, TR/Adkor.targ
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057, Adware.GenericKD.31034582
BkavW32.Clodb56.Trojan.6639, W32.HfsAdware.5A96
ComodoApplicUnwnt, ApplicUnwnt@#u44p4fnzq0r6
Cybereasonmalicious.610495
CylanceUnsafe
DrWebTrojan.SMSSend.4385, Trojan.Adkor.84, Trojan.Adkor.346
ESET-NOD32probably a variant of Win32/Adware.Kraddare.GC, a variant of Win32/Adware.PCPlus.A
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057 (B), Application.Generic (A)
F-SecureGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057, Heuristic.HEUR/AGEN.1001930, Trojan.TR/Adkor.targ
FortinetAdware/Kraddare, Riskware/PCPlus
GDataGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057, Adware.GenericKD.31034582
IkarusWin32.SuspectCrc, PUA.PCPlus
Invinceaheuristic
JiangminAdWare/Kraddare.ak
K7AntiVirusTrojan ( 7000000f1 )
K7GWTrojan ( 7000000f1 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Kraddare.dk
MAXmalware (ai score=92), malware (ai score=95)
MalwarebytesAdware.Korad, Rogue.PCScan
McAfeeArtemis!457A60C0A928, Artemis!E4474CB61049, Artemis!D5D4D68F96E2
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis!457A60C0A928, Artemis
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.41057, Adware.GenericKD.31034582
MicrosoftPUA:Win32/DivineMedia
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.Adkor.feeycx
Paloaltogeneric.ml
PandaSuspicious file
Qihoo-360Win32/Virus.Adware.323, Win32/Trojan.bbb
RisingMalware.Undefined!8.C-MmKORzPhHYK (Cloud), Malware.Undefined!8.C (TFE:5:VG5H9AYCoCR), Malware.Heuristic!ET#83% (CLOUD)
SUPERAntiSpywareTrojan.Agent/Gen-FraudScan
SophosGeneric PUA NK, Generic PUA FF (PUA), Generic PUA BP (PUA)
SymantecWS.Reputation.1
TheHackerPosible_Worm32
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.F47V1029, TROJ_GEN.R002H0CBS19
VBA32AdWare.Kraddare, BScope.Trojan.Adkor
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
ViRobotAdware.Pcplus.877552
WebrootW32.Malware.Gen
YandexTrojan.Adkor!
ZillyaTrojan.AdkorCRTD.Win32.1795
nProtectAdware/W32.KrAdword.785368

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 239 scan reports for the DivineMedia Inc. files. 91 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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