Hard Paint - 30% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Hard Paint? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trj/Genetic.gen and Trojan.Yontoo.2498. The detection rate for the Hard Paint files collected here is 30%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably see Hard Paint when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Hard Paint certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Hard Paint file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Hard Paint:
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 Hard Paint 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 examine the address for Hard Paint, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Hard Paint certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
Hard Paint Files
The following are the Hard Paint files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 29/57 | be1a5d83-523d-4a57-bc56-65afe77fd42a.dll |
| 10/56 | Plugin.exe |
| 14/57 | Plugin.exe |
| 9/57 | updater.exe |
| 14/57 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 13/57 | Plugin.exe |
| 10/57 | Plugin.exe |
| 13/56 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 30/55 | updater.exe |
| 29/55 | plugincontainer.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Hard Paint 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 | BrowseFox, Generic_r.AVB, Generic_r.AVG |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.BrowseFox, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.bz, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BA |
| BitDefender | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.E346 |
| ClamAV | Heuristics.Trojan.Swizzor.Gen, Win.Adware.Browsefox-12221 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AZ |
| Cyren | W32/S-7e37ab37!Eldorado, W32/S-93f198e4!Eldorado, W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado, W32/S-6beac91b!Eldorado, W32/S-02dc1386!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.2498 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BA potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BZ potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AM potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-7e37ab37!Eldorado, W32/S-93f198e4!Eldorado, W32/S-72f19149!Eldorado, W32/S-6beac91b!Eldorado, W32/S-02dc1386!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Win32.Adware.BrowseFox.X@gen, Win32.Adware.BrowseFox.Y@gen, Win32.Application.BrowseFox.T, Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/BrowseFox.dc, AdWare/Yotoon.bos, AdWare/Yotoon.axq, Adware/Agent.bdbv, Adware/Agent.bdbt, AdWare/BrowseFox.cse |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004c328d1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004d37f31 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004c328d1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004d37f31 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.e, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.btzx |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Yontoo |
| McAfee | Artemis!51CC14B4A89C, BrowseFox.m |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox.m |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.duqjvw, Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dwqsdu, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.dwrqfh, Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dwqbmh, Riskware.Win32.Yontoo.dyhmte, Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dxemdi |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen |
| Rising | PE:Adware.BrowseFox!1.A1B7 [F] |
| Sophos | Generic PUA ME (PUA), Browse Fox (PUA) |
| Symantec | PUA.Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Risk.Adware.Svro, Win32.Risk.Adware.Wncw |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R08NC0OI715 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.BrowseFox |
| VIPRE | Adware.BrowseFox, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| ViRobot | Trojan.Win32.BHO.146160[h] |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.42716 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 564 scan reports for the Hard Paint files. 171 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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:
- 7a0674d6e6eaf2124e9cd5c5ad408490