Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Genieo Innovation LTD? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.C7F and Trojan.Genieo.2. The detection rate for the Genieo Innovation LTD files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Genieo Innovation LTD when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Genieo Innovation LTD certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screengrab of a file that has been digitally signed by Genieo Innovation LTD:
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 Genieo Innovation LTD and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 Genieo Innovation LTD, such as the street name, city and country.
Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the Genieo Innovation LTD certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Genieo Innovation LTD files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/47 | genupdater.exe |
3/57 | genupdater.exe |
1/47 | IeSearchProvider1595235783062111062.exe |
7/49 | gentray.exe |
0/57 | gentray.exe |
0/47 | updater_uninstall.exe |
0/42 | IEWrapper.dll |
Here is the detection names for the Genieo Innovation LTD files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.C7F |
AegisLab | Virus.C7F.Gen!c |
DrWeb | Trojan.Genieo.2, Trojan.Genieo.62 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Genieo.A |
K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004e0efd1 ) |
K7GW | Adware ( 004e0efd1 ) |
NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Genieo.czfldp |
Yandex | PUA.Genieo! |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 346 scan reports for the Genieo Innovation LTD files. 12 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: