Fortunitas - 17% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Fortunitas? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as MalSign.Fortu.66E and PUP.Optional.Fortunitas.A. The detection rate for the Fortunitas files collected here is 17%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Fortunitas 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:
You can view the additional details from the Fortunitas digital signature with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Fortunitas file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Fortunitas:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Fortunitas 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, and so on. You can also view the address for Fortunitas, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Fortunitas certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Fortunitas Files
These are the Fortunitas files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/51 | {b8a90375-3b37-4954-86de-f96c458c4ce2}gw64.sys |
| 13/50 | FortunitasBHO.dll |
| 22/49 | FortunitasBHO.dll |
| 1/51 | wstlibg.sys |
| 9/50 | updateFortunitas.exe |
| 9/50 | updateFortunitas.exe |
| 3/52 | {b8a90375-3b37-4954-86de-f96c458c4ce2}w64.sys |
| 14/49 | Fortunitasbho.dll |
| 7/50 | updatefortunitas.exe |
| 6/51 | XTLSApp.exe |
| 9/51 | updateFortunitas.exe |
| 1/50 | {b8a90375-3b37-4954-86de-f96c458c4ce2}gw.sys |
| 1/51 | wstlibg64.sys |
| 1/51 | tstlibg.sys |
| 2/52 | {b8a90375-3b37-4954-86de-f96c458c4ce2}gt.sys |
| 38/57 | maintainer.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Fortunitas files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 |
| AVG | MalSign.Fortu.66E, AdPlugin.CWT |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, AdWare/Win32.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.LinkSwift, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.Agent |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-JA [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Agent.Af, Adware.Win32.Agent.ALqo, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.H, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.40, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.V |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.D877 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Fortunitas.Gen |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-41785 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AHJ |
| Cyren | W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.17, Trojan.BPlug.35, Trojan.BPlug.10, Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.Yontoo.1734 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, Win32/BrowseFox.I, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BB potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-11fc74d1!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | Adware/Agent.jqp, AdWare/SwiftBrowse.ssl |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Adware ( 004b92811 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Adware ( 004b92811 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Fortunitas.A, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox |
| McAfee | Artemis!9871BD9860C5, Artemis!CB627BC01313, Artemis!7C96A9F461FC, Artemis!E9727268D347, Artemis!B9A1A23E18C6, Artemis!609A1FA1FA95, BrowseFox-FXS |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!9871BD9860C5, Artemis!CB627BC01313, Artemis!7C96A9F461FC, Artemis!E9727268D347, Artemis!B9A1A23E18C6, Artemis!609A1FA1FA95, BrowseFox-FXS |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.163020 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd, Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dpmcsm |
| Norman | BrowseFox.CERT |
| Rising | PE:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.i!1075357760 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA DI, BrowseSmart, Generic PUA OJ, Browse Fox |
| Tencent | Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.6 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0303, TROJ_GEN.F47V0313, TROJ_GEN.F47V0129, TROJ_GEN.F47V0116, TROJ_GEN.F47V0310, TROJ_GEN.F47V0328 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent, AdWare.Kranet |
| VIPRE | Adware.Agent, Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.52012 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 815 scan results for the Fortunitas files. 137 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 2f2f8be6bbaea40c49a9e24b7be035fb
- 6e15baefb7b75055540670aedc4a9931