Golden Dock - 33% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Golden Dock? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.Yontoo and Trojan.Yontoo.2465. The detection rate for the Golden Dock files collected here is 33%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Golden Dock when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Golden Dock digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Golden Dock file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Golden Dock:
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 Golden Dock and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above, you can examine 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 see the address for Golden Dock, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Golden Dock certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Golden Dock Files
The following are the Golden Dock files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 23/55 | ods.exe |
| 8/56 | ResultsHubDesktopSearch.exe |
| 13/57 | Plugin.exe |
| 31/54 | {F3121789-6697-4D48-BFCA-BA15CF48DAF0}.xpi |
| 23/56 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 14/57 | setup.exe |
| 15/57 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 12/57 | Plugin.exe |
| 15/57 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 17/56 | Plugin.exe |
| 13/57 | updater.exe |
| 16/56 | Plugin.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Golden Dock files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AVG | Generic.E8E, AdPlugin.ESG, Generic_r.AVG, Generic_r.AVC, Generic_r.AVM, Generic_r.AVB, Generic_r.AVF |
| AVware | Adware.BrowseFox, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.EI, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.24193 |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/NSIS.BrowseFox.d, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon |
| Arcabit | PUP.Adware.BrowseFox.ebh, PUP.Adware.BrowseFox.eba, PUP.Adware.BrowseFox |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.188104, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.SaCl |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.EI, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.24193 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.B312 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Adware.Browsefox.r3 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.BrowseFox-7597, Win.Adware.Browsefox-725 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.ADL |
| Cyren | W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-9089abd4!Eldorado, W32/S-5059ecfb!Eldorado, W32/S-6beac91b!Eldorado, W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.2465 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BZ potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.CF potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted, Win32/BrowseFox.CC potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AM potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.EI (B), Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.24193 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-9089abd4!Eldorado, W32/S-5059ecfb!Eldorado, W32/S-6beac91b!Eldorado, W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.EI, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey |
| GData | Win32.Adware.BrowseFox.Y@gen, Adware.BrowseFox.EI, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.24193, Win32.Application.BrowseFox.T |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/NSIS.jhw, Adware/Agent.bbkp |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 700000121 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 700000121 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Riskware ( 0040eff71 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.gen, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Generic, not-a-virus:AdWare.NSIS.BrowseFox.d |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Yontoo, PUP.Optional.GoldenDock.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!9FF0A19E5900, BrowseFox-FAD |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox-FAD |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.EI, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.24193 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dxemcv, Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dxvzas |
| Panda | Generic Suspicious, Trj/Genetic.gen |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.RDM.32!5.26[F1], PE:Malware.RDM.31!5.25[F1] |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseFox (PUA), Browse Fox (PUA) |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Bp-startpage.Nlob, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.7 |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R047C0OIC15 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.Agent, suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h |
| VIPRE | Adware.BrowseFox, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot | Trojan.Win32.AD-Agent.55560[h] |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.EI |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 728 scan reports for the Golden Dock files. 239 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0b58d134bc7841b7c3e6d5fe14474ddc