House of Life - 17% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by House of Life? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Win32.Adware.InstallCore.FA and ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7. The detection rate for the House of Life files collected here is 17%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice House of Life 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 digital signature details for House of Life with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the House of Life file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by House of Life:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by House of Life and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 House of Life, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA and COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the House of Life certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
House of Life Files
These are the House of Life files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/55 | BitLord-Installer.exe |
| 7/56 | BitLordSetup.exe |
| 25/65 | BitlordSetup.exe |
| 7/47 | R3FsIZZm.exe.part |
| 7/51 | how-i-met-your-mother-season-9-complete-web-dl-x264-aac_BitLord.exe |
| 7/51 | malwarebytes-anti-malware-premium-2.0.2.1007-beta-multilanguage-keygen_BitLord.exe |
| 18/56 | BitlordSetup.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the House of Life files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.27F, Generic.C67 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| AegisLab | W32.Adware.Gen!c |
| Agnitum | PUA.InstallCore! |
| AntiVir | ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7 |
| Baidu | Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9866 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.359C |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Houseoflif1.Gen |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_100% (D), malicious_confidence_60% (D) |
| Cyren | W32/Trojan.PBDB-7088 |
| DrWeb | Adware.InstallCore.133, Trojan.Packed.24524 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/InstallCore.AVT potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/InstallCore.CU, Win32/InstallCore.MT, a variant of Win32/InstallCore.AOV potentially unwanted |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| F-Prot | W32/InstallCore.R4.gen!Eldorado |
| Fortinet | W32/Generic_PUA_EL.AVT, Riskware/InstallCore |
| GData | Win32.Adware.InstallCore.FA |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0050d5b21 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004d2f6c1 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0050d5b21 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004d2f6c1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.cdpnx |
| MAX | malware (ai score=99) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.InstallCore, PUP.Optional.HouseOfLife, PUP.Optional.BundleInstaller |
| McAfee | Artemis!ED3EC1958511, Artemis!E36575586809 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.gm, BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.gm, Artemis |
| NANO-Antivirus | Virus.InnoSetup.Gen.ccng |
| Panda | PUP/Multitoolbar |
| Rising | Adware.InstallCore!1.A30C (CLASSIC), PUA.InstallCore!8.8B-2MZDRn9H1jO (cloud) |
| SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
| Sophos | Generic PUA EL (PUA), Install Core Click run software |
| Symantec | PUA.Downloader, ML.Attribute.HighConfidence, Heur.AdvML.B |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OJB13 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R002H0CIJ17, TROJ_GEN.R0CBH05JE13 |
| VBA32 | suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h, Downware.InstallCore |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Webroot | Adware.Installcore |
| Zillya | Trojan.Injector.Win32.326263, Trojan.InstallCoreCRTD.Win32.4936 |
| ZoneAlarm | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DealPly.cdpnx |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 436 scan reports for the House of Life files. 73 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 7d10b220fdfa59c2bd4e1af300eba218
- 24f81400e3aa2adb98e125214bbe48f8
- 00b04f15c36092438970725f31e534e1c7
- 0e8ffe1e4086a8fb13c069e8e8571f82