Hard Case - 50% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Hard Case? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547. The detection rate for the Hard Case files collected here is 50%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Hard Case when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Hard Case with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Hard Case file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screengrab of a file digitally signed by Hard Case:
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 Hard Case and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, etc. You can also view the address for Hard Case, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Hard Case certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Hard Case Files
The following are the Hard Case files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 29/57 | {22e8ac66-3f73-40ab-a80c-3cf8823a3d49}gw64.sys |
| 28/57 | HardCasebho.dll |
| 30/57 | HardCase.expext.exe |
| 28/57 | HardCase.BrowserAdapter.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Hard Case files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| AVG | AdPlugin.DAI, AdPlugin.DIC, AdPlugin.EEU, AdPlugin.ERI |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.239407, Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.10 |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a, RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Arcabit | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D2D1B, Trojan.Application.Graftor.D3A72F, Trojan.Adware.BrowseFox.10 |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AE |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.239407, Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.10 |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.4F2F, W32.HfsAdware.4F2F |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Agent-47103, Win.Adware.Browsefox-3056, Win.Adware.Browsefox-3651 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.ADO |
| Cyren | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado, W32/S-eab4958c!Eldorado, W32/S-f20d0af4!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.1858 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.CA potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AX potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.10 (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado, W32/S-eab4958c!Eldorado, W32/S-f20d0af4!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey, Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor, Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox |
| Fortinet | Adware/NetFilter |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.239407, Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.10 |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox, AdWare.AdPlugin |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.aaeh, AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt, AdWare/MSIL.jaj, AdWare/MSIL.hjd |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 0040f9f21 ), Adware ( 004b8df51 ), Adware ( 004c204c1 ), Adware ( 004c54e41 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 0040f9f21 ), Adware ( 004b8df51 ), Adware ( 004c204c1 ), Adware ( 004c54e41 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.HardCase.A, PUP.Optional.HardCase |
| McAfee | Artemis!2434F07468D2, BrowseFox-FVR |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win64.PUPAmonetize.ph, BrowseFox-FVR |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.239407, Gen:Variant.Adware.BrowseFox.10 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo, Riskware.Win32.Agent.dtfpov, Riskware.Win32.DealKeeper.duhill |
| Rising | PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B, PE:Malware.Agent!6.25A3[F1], PE:Adware.SwiftBrowse!6.1A2E[F1] |
| Tencent | Win64.Adware.Bp-sys.Zuxl, Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.14, Win32.Risk.Adware.Eehh, Win32.Risk.Adware.Eacr |
| VBA32 | AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.4184, Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.42903, Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.61858 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 228 scan reports for the Hard Case files. 115 of these scan reports 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 7c1db5a1a650117480fbf9a10940013a