Excellent Technology - 15% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Excellent Technology? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Downloader.CBD and ADWARE/PullUpdate.Gen7. The detection rate for the Excellent Technology files collected here is 15%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably see Excellent Technology when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

Screenshot where Excellent Technology appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the Excellent Technology certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Excellent Technology file
  2. Right-click on 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 digitally signed by Excellent Technology:

Screenshot of the Excellent Technology certificate

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 Excellent Technology 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 see the address for Excellent Technology, such as the street name, city and country.

Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Excellent Technology certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.

Excellent Technology Files

These are the Excellent Technology files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
8/55ldbhealo.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

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

ScannerDetection Names
AVGDownloader.CBD
AvastWin32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AviraADWARE/PullUpdate.Gen7
DrWebTrojan.Yontoo.2621
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen
JiangminAdWare/MSIL.joc
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.BreakingNewsAlert
RisingPE:Malware.RDM.32!5.26[F1]

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 55 scan results for the Excellent Technology files. 8 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 is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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