Exciting Technology - 25% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Exciting Technology? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.PullUpdate.T and a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen. The detection rate for the Exciting Technology files collected here is 25%. Please read on for more details.

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

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

You can view additional details from the Exciting Technology certificate with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screencap of a file digitally signed by Exciting Technology:

Screenshot of the Exciting Technology certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Exciting Technology and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, etc. You can also examine the address for Exciting Technology, such as the street name, city and country.

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

Exciting Technology Files

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

Detection RatioFile Name
8/57SfenQTjvDo.exe
8/57FeZFuS.exe
27/57lsKuvoC.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

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

ScannerDetection Names
AVGDownloader.CBD, Downloader.DIQ
AVwarePullUpdate
Ad-AwareAdware.PullUpdate.T
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.TSGeneric
ArcabitAdware.PullUpdate.T
AviraADWARE/PullUpdate.Gen7, ADWARE/PullUpdate.Gen
BitDefenderAdware.PullUpdate.T
DrWebAdware.Yontoo.55, Trojan.Yontoo.2849
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen, a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.K.gen
EmsisoftAdware.PullUpdate.T (B)
F-SecureAdware.PullUpdate.T
GDataAdware.PullUpdate.T
JiangminAdWare/MSIL.joc, AdWare/SaMon.bh
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004b06651 )
K7GWAdware ( 004b06651 )
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.PullUpdate, PUP.Optional.ZombieInvasion
McAfeeArtemis!A0A1A7E5A5B0
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis!PUP
MicroWorld-eScanAdware.PullUpdate.T
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.SaMon.dniyss
Qihoo-360HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen
RisingPE:Malware.RDM.32!5.26[F1], PE:Malware.RDM.10!5.10[F1]
SophosGeneric PUA JP (PUA)
TencentMsil.Adware.Pullupdate.Dxcr, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Wmsq, Msil.Adware.Pullupdate.Llgr
VBA32AdWare.Agent
VIPREPullUpdate
nProtectAdware.PullUpdate.T

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 171 scan reports for the Exciting Technology files. 43 of these scan results 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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