ForwardTech Inc - 22% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from ForwardTech Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as BProtector and Bprotector (fs). The detection rate for the ForwardTech Inc files collected here is 22%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice ForwardTech Inc 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 additional details from the ForwardTech Inc certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the ForwardTech Inc file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by ForwardTech Inc:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by ForwardTech Inc 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, and so on. You can also view the address for ForwardTech Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority has issued the ForwardTech Inc certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
ForwardTech Inc Files
These are the ForwardTech Inc files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 13/40 | browse~1.dll |
| 10/45 | pcpmngr.dll |
| 17/42 | browsermngr.exe |
| 10/44 | videomngr-16.0.dll |
| 8/47 | browsermngr.exe |
| 9/48 | browsermngr.exe |
| 2/44 | browsermngr-14.0.1.dll |
| 2/44 | browse~1.dll |
| 7/46 | browsermngr-16.0.dll |
| 22/50 | VideoPerformerSetup.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the ForwardTech Inc files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Skodna.Bundle_r.M |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 |
| Agnitum | Adware.Bromngr!iWZRw71jV7M, Trojan.BProtector!OAi297TFiXY, Trojan.DL.Brantall! |
| AntiVir | APPL/BProtector.Gen, APPL/InstallBrain.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | Grayware[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BrainInst |
| Avast | Win32:BProtect-A [PUP] |
| BitDefender | Trojan.BHO.BProtector.A, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | TrojanDownloader.Brantall.A5 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.BProtector |
| Comodo | UnclassifiedMalware, Application.Win32.InstallBrain.BE |
| DrWeb | Adware.BGuard.10, Adware.BGuard.2, BackDoor.Dna.10, Adware.Downware.1522 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/bProtector.A, a variant of Win32/bProtector.B, Win32/InstallBrain.BG |
| Emsisoft | Trojan.BHO.BProtector.A (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 (B) |
| F-Secure | Trojan.BHO.BProtector.A, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 |
| Fortinet | W32/BProtector.A |
| GData | Trojan.BHO.BProtector.A, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1, Win32.Application.BHO.A, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Bromngr.ax, AdWare/Bromngr.c |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware |
| K7GW | Riskware |
| Kaspersky | HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.BrainInst.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Bromngr.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Agent.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | Adware.InstallBrain |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Trojan.BHO.BProtector.A, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Bprotector.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.131298 |
| Microsoft | TrojanDropper:Win32/Rotbrow.A, TrojanDownloader:Win32/Brantall.D |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.BrainInst.csfbyp |
| Sophos | BProtector, InstallBrain |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro | ADW_BROMNGR, TSPY_AGENT_BK082BB4.TOMC |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.RCBH1LS, TROJ_GEN.RCBH1KP, TSPY_AGENT_BK082BB4.TOMC, TROJ_GEN.F47V1016, ADW_BROMNGR |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Bromngr, AdWare.Bromngr.a, AdWare.BrainInst |
| VIPRE | Bprotector (fs) |
| nProtect | Trojan/W32.Agent.2200096 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 450 scan reports for the ForwardTech Inc files. 100 of these scan results 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:
- 07bcb9e09d11d2