Follow Rules - 41% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Follow Rules? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Adware.BrowseFox.V. The detection rate for the Follow Rules files collected here is 41%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Follow Rules when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the additional details from the Follow Rules digital signature with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Follow Rules file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Follow Rules:
As you can see in the screencap above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Follow Rules and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see 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 view the address for Follow Rules, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Follow Rules certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Follow Rules Files
These are the Follow Rules files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Follow Rules files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.CD |
| AVG | Generic.334 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.CD |
| Agnitum | PUA.BrowseFox!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.kam, GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent |
| Avast | Win64:BrowseFox-C [PUP], MSIL:BrowseFox-S [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-JA [PUP] |
| Avira | Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen4, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.CG, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.C, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.H, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BB |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.FD6A, W32.HfsAdware.A099, W32.HfsAdware.BFFA |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Adware.Updater.A3, PUA.Followrule.Gen |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-134, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Agent-41785 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AHJ |
| Cyren | W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado, W32/S-35d3e685!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.Yontoo.1032, Trojan.Yontoo.1734 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG potentially unwanted, Win32/BrowseFox.C potentially unwanted, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H potentially unwanted, a variant of Win64/Komodia.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.V (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Adware.BrowseFox.CD (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-35d3e685!Eldorado, W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.ks, AdWare/Yotoon.aq, AdWare/SwiftBrowse.ssl |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox |
| McAfee | Artemis!6638376C8FD4, BrowseFox-FUT, Artemis!2E27A188B155, Artemis!6308D2C6060D, BrowseFox-FXS |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox-FUT, BrowseFox-FXS |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Trojan.Nsis.Yontoo.dnmsot, Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm |
| Panda | PUP/SwiftBrowse |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.618 |
| Rising | PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.i!1075357760 |
| Sophos | Browse Fox |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.6 |
| TrendMicro | HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0206, HS_BROWSEFOX.SM, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0220 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon, AdWare.Zaitu, AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 512 scan reports for the Follow Rules files. 210 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:
- 360c16ac576b09f5dfa927ea0089856f