IAC Search and Media - 10% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from IAC Search and Media? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Search.FD2 and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the IAC Search and Media files collected here is 10%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice IAC Search and Media 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 also view the IAC Search and Media certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the IAC Search and Media file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screengrab of a file signed by IAC Search and Media:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by IAC Search and Media 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, and so on. You can also view the address for IAC Search and Media, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the IAC Search and Media certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
IAC Search and Media Files
The following are the IAC Search and Media files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 5/55 | SEARCH~4.DLL |
| 8/55 | SEARCH~2.DLL |
| 1/51 | msbloader.exe |
| 1/49 | searchresultsDx.dll |
| 1/53 | searchresultsDx64.dll |
| 11/56 | searchresultsDx64.dll |
| 3/52 | searchresultsDx.dll |
| 16/55 | searchresultsDx.dll |
| 1/50 | dtuser.exe |
| 2/51 | BrowserTabSearchMediaBar.exe |
| 3/57 | UpdateTask.exe |
| 12/56 | iacupdater.exe |
| 14/67 | iacupdater.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the IAC Search and Media files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Search.FD2, MalSign.Search.FD2 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Agnitum | PUA.Toolbar.Visicom! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Toolbar |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric |
| Arcabit | PUP.Adware.SearchMedia |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Visicom.80, Adware.Win32.AskToolbar.Ask, PUA.Win32.Visicom.B, PUA.Win32.AskToolbar.Ask |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.1CE4, W32.HfsAdware.1CE4 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.Adware.OD6, PUA.MSJDGBTIR.OD6 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Toolbar.246 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.K, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B, a variant of Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.K potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.B potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/Toolbar.Visicom.C |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Visicom, Riskware/Ask |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004ba7701 ), Trojan ( 004b5c5d1 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004ba7701 ), Trojan ( 004b5c5d1 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SearchMedia, PUP.Optional.Bandoo |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.SearchSuite.dwtfou |
| Panda | PUP/SearchResultsToolbar |
| Rising | PE:AdWare.Win32.IACSearch.c!1075356905 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.Eldorado/Variant |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0628, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0109 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0 |
| ViRobot | Adware.Searchsuite.180128.A |
| Zillya | Adware.SearchSuite.Win32.413, Adware.SearchSuite.Win32.416 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 799 scan reports for the IAC Search and Media files. 78 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 5367f5135fcc8b151c3e3ee4befd1dfb
- 3444d7aa32b4d542d3c80027404d5cd6
- 596df135d6540e700e84211a065d9c98