Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Downware.11268 and BubbleDock (fs). The detection rate for the Hudson Exchange Group, LLC files collected here is 13%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Hudson Exchange Group, LLC when clicking to run 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 Hudson Exchange Group, LLC with the following steps:
Here's a screengrab of a file that has been signed by Hudson Exchange Group, LLC:
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 Hudson Exchange Group, LLC and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see 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 Hudson Exchange Group, LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Hudson Exchange Group, LLC certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the Hudson Exchange Group, LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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3/57 | SetupNow.exe |
11/55 | SetupNow.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Hudson Exchange Group, LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.710 |
AVware | BubbleDock (fs) |
AegisLab | Virus.Gen!c |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.8830 |
DrWeb | Adware.Downware.11268 |
Ikarus | AdWare.MultiBundle |
McAfee | Artemis!915FC3936F18 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.dc |
Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF, PE:Trojan.ConvertAd!1.A36E [F] |
Symantec | PUA.OpenSwUpdater |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0601 |
VIPRE | BubbleDock (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 112 scan results for the Hudson Exchange Group, LLC files. 14 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: