Maroin Co., Ltd - 19% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Maroin Co., Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Artemis and Adware.Agent. The detection rate for the Maroin Co., Ltd files collected here is 19%. Please read on for more details.

You'll typically notice Maroin Co., Ltd when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

Screenshot where Maroin Co., Ltd appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the Maroin Co., Ltd certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Maroin Co., Ltd file
  2. Right-click on 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 Maroin Co., Ltd:

Screenshot of the Maroin Co., Ltd certificate

As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Maroin Co., Ltd 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 examine the address for Maroin Co., Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.

thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Maroin Co., Ltd certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Maroin Co., Ltd Files

These are the Maroin Co., Ltd files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
5/53smarttip_update.exe
3/57SmartTipAgent.exe
11/57smartweb_update.exe
25/67smarttip_silent.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Maroin Co., Ltd files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVwareAdware.Agent
AegisLabTroj.Agent.Gen!c
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.OpenKeyword.R141777
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[Downloader]/Win32.Adload.gen
AvastWin32:Malware-gen
AviraTR/Agent.2740968, TR/Agent.3501248
CrowdStrikemalicious_confidence_70% (D)
CylanceUnsafe
CyrenW32/GenBl.DB68B51D!Olympus
DrWebTrojan.Click3.10466, Trojan.Adkor.307
IkarusTrojan.Agent
JiangminAdWare.Kraddare.jn, Adware.Agent.wxr
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.xxddwb
MAXmalware (ai score=94)
McAfeeArtemis!08DDB85586F6, Artemis!07FB7D305FA4, Artemis!67921A814373, Artemis!DB68B51D5FB8
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.vc, Artemis
MicrosoftPUA:Win32/Creprote
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Nsis.Click.dqabbw, Riskware.Win32.Agent.esbqaj
Qihoo-360HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
RisingMalware.Undefined!8.C-TfFcrYt8plG (Cloud)
SophosGeneric PUA CE (PUA)
SymantecML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TencentWin32.Adware.Agent.Wsts
TrendMicro-HouseCallTROJ_GEN.R061H0CDH18
VBA32AdWare.Agent
VIPREAdware.Agent
ZillyaTrojan.AgentCRTD.Win32.5329
ZoneAlarmnot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.xxddwb
eGambitUnsafe.AI_Score_65%

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 234 scan reports for the Maroin Co., Ltd files. 44 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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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