Ilya Kheyfets - 33% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Ilya Kheyfets? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT and W32.HfsAdware.93D4. The detection rate for the Ilya Kheyfets files collected here is 33%. Please read on for more details.

You'll typically notice Ilya Kheyfets when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Ilya Kheyfets appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Ilya Kheyfets with the following procedure:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Ilya Kheyfets file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click the View Certificate button

Here's a screengrab of a file digitally signed by Ilya Kheyfets:

Screenshot of the Ilya Kheyfets certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Ilya Kheyfets 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 see the address for Ilya Kheyfets, such as the street name, city and country.

StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA has issued the Ilya Kheyfets certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Ilya Kheyfets Files

The following are the Ilya Kheyfets files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
9/54driver_booster_setup.exe
29/552598232875.exe
16/571046594704.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Ilya Kheyfets files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric.9EC
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AegisLabRisktool.W32.Gen!c
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.SystemTweaker.R176202, PUP/Win32.SystemTweaker
AviraTR/IObit.wchw, TR/IObit.94856
Baidu-InternationalPUA.MSIL.IObit.G
BkavW32.HfsAdware.93D4
CAT-QuickHealPUA.Ilyakheyfe.Gen
ComodoApplication.MSIL.IObit.DA
CyrenW32/S-2b5c9945!Eldorado
DrWebProgram.Unwanted.856, Program.Unwanted.1316
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/IObit.G potentially unwanted, a variant of MSIL/IObit.H potentially unwanted
F-ProtW32/S-2b5c9945!Eldorado
FortinetRiskware/SystemTweaker
IkarusPUA.MSIL.Iobit
JiangminRiskTool.SystemTweaker.v, RiskTool.SystemTweaker.k
K7AntiVirusUnwanted-Program ( 004d90841 ), Adware ( 004d99681 )
K7GWUnwanted-Program ( 004d90841 ), Adware ( 004d99681 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.SystemTweaker.ad
McAfeeArtemis!96CD7817344D
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.SystemTweaker.ebxfsu
PandaTrj/CI.A
Qihoo-360Win32/Virus.RiskTool.7e8, HEUR/QVM03.0.0000.Malware.Gen
SUPERAntiSpywarePUP.SystemTweaker/Variant
SophosGeneric PUA JH (PUA)
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2, SAPE.Heur.92104
TrendMicroTROJ_GEN.R00XC0EEK16
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
YandexRiskware.SystemTweaker!

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 166 scan results for the Ilya Kheyfets files. 54 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review 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:

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