Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Lamphouse Media LLC? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Agent.PGG and Adware.Agent. The detection rate for the Lamphouse Media LLC files collected here is 11%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Lamphouse Media LLC when double-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 Lamphouse Media LLC certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Lamphouse Media LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Lamphouse Media LLC 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, etc. You can also view the address for Lamphouse Media LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Lamphouse Media LLC certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
The following are the Lamphouse Media LLC files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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12/57 | updater.dll |
0/57 | plugin.dll |
Here's the detection names for the Lamphouse Media 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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ALYac | Adware.Agent.PGG |
AVG | Generic.BAF |
AVware | Adware.Agent |
Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.PGG |
BitDefender | Adware.Agent.PGG |
Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.PGG (B) |
F-Secure | Adware.Agent.PGG |
GData | Adware.Agent.PGG |
MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.PGG |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.R047H09BB15 |
VIPRE | Adware.Agent |
nProtect | Adware.Agent.PGG |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 114 scan reports for the Lamphouse Media LLC files. 12 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: