Linkury Ltd - 14% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Linkury Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Linkury (fs) and Generic.7EE. The detection rate for the Linkury Ltd files collected here is 14%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice Linkury Ltd when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Linkury Ltd appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Linkury Ltd with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Linkury Ltd:

Screenshot of the Linkury Ltd certificate

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 Linkury Ltd and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 examine the address for Linkury Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.

COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Linkury Ltd certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Linkury Ltd Files

The following are the Linkury Ltd files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
6/55srpts.exe
7/55srptsl.exe
7/54srptm.exe
6/551491827eada797e05567ac00d6a4e5b6_lrcnta.exe.ext
6/55srptsl.exe
9/55Smartbar.exe
5/55srptsl.exe
5/55smia64.exe
6/55srptm.exe
6/54srpts.exe
19/55SafeFinder.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Linkury Ltd files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacAdware.Linkury.N
AVGGeneric.7EE
AVwareAdware.Linkury (fs)
Ad-AwareAdware.Linkury.N
AviraAPPL/Linkury.Gen2
BitDefenderAdware.Linkury.N
ComodoApplicUnwnt
DrWebAdware.Linkury.8
EmsisoftAdware.Linkury.N (B)
F-SecureAdware.Linkury.N
GDataAdware.Linkury.N
IkarusAdWare.Linkury
McAfeeArtemis!05BE0A44DED7, Artemis!5694943DE5C9, Artemis!7B03978CC652
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis
MicroWorld-eScanAdware.Linkury.N
PandaPUP/LinkUry
Qihoo-360Trojan.Generic, HEUR/Malware.QVM03.Gen
SymantecWS.Reputation.1
TrendMicro-HouseCallSuspicious_GEN.F47V0907, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0911, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0912, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1001
VIPREAdware.Linkury (fs)
nProtectAdware.Linkury.N

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 603 scan results for the Linkury Ltd files. 82 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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