Jomea Gardi - 25% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Jomea Gardi? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Mikey.14573 and Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029. The detection rate for the Jomea Gardi files collected here is 25%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably see Jomea Gardi when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Jomea Gardi appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the Jomea Gardi certificate with the following steps:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Jomea Gardi:

Screenshot of the Jomea Gardi certificate

As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Jomea Gardi and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above, you can view 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 see the address for Jomea Gardi, such as the street name, city and country.

Efydfe Jeved has issued the Jomea Gardi certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Jomea Gardi Files

These are the Jomea Gardi files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
16/57avaarh.EXE
13/57UminJavov.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Jomea Gardi files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029
AgnitumPUA.PennyBee!, PUA.Agent!
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.CrossRider
ArcabitTrojan.Mikey.D38ED, Trojan.Adware.Kazy.D9A0F5
AviraADWARE/PennyBee.487888.24, ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Adware.PennyBee.X
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Mikey.14573 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029 (B)
F-SecureGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
GDataGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029
IkarusPUA.PennyBee
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Mikey.14573, Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.631029
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.PennyBee.dsnrfy, Riskware.Win32.MLW.dsoyao
SUPERAntiSpywareAdware.PennyBee/Variant
TencentWin32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ebgz
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.R0C1H09FA15, TROJ_GEN.R0C1H09FB15

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 114 scan results for the Jomea Gardi files. 29 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:

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