Hold Page - 30% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Hold Page? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Adware.BrowseFox.V. The detection rate for the Hold Page files collected here is 30%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Hold Page when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Hold Page digital signature with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Hold Page file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Hold Page:
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 Hold Page 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, and so on. You can also view the address for Hold Page, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Hold Page certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Hold Page Files
These are the Hold Page files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Hold Page 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, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| AVG | Generic.225, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.SwiftBrowse |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-DQ [PUP], NSIS:BrowseFox-D [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen, Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, Adware/BrowseFox.A.15, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen4 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BG, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BB, Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.BCG, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bC |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| Bkav | W32.BrowseFoxJ.Adware |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-640, Win.Adware.Netfilter-134, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.218, Trojan.BPlug.215, Trojan.BPlug.123 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.B, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, Win32/BrowseFox.C |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Adware.NetFilter.J (B), Adware.BrowseFox.V (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/A-44ec90a9!Eldorado, W32/A-76f53fd6!Eldorado, W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| Ikarus | PUA.RiskWare.NetFilter |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 ), Adware ( 700000121 ), Trojan ( 0040f9831 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 ), Adware ( 700000121 ), Trojan ( 0040f9831 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.HoldPage.A, PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A |
| McAfee | PUP-FPS, Artemis!CA2DB505F739 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | PUP-FPS, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgqvkd |
| Norman | BrowseFox.BE |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.708, HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.618, Win32/Virus.Adware.650 |
| Rising | NORMAL:AdWare.Win32.PodoWeb.a!1614029 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Agug, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pfjz, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Sxyb, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pdvs |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.547, Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.NetFilter.J |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1223 scan results for the Hold Page files. 362 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 5097461a9471fdd2b020491b464cdcd9