MicroNames Co.,Ltd - 60% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by MicroNames Co.,Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trojan.GenericKD.5217987 and Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797. The detection rate for the MicroNames Co.,Ltd files collected here is 60%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically see MicroNames Co.,Ltd when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

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

You can view the additional details from the MicroNames Co.,Ltd digital signature with the following steps:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file signed by MicroNames Co.,Ltd:

Screenshot of the MicroNames Co.,Ltd certificate

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by MicroNames Co.,Ltd and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, and so on. You can also view the address for MicroNames Co.,Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.

thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA and Thawte Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the MicroNames Co.,Ltd certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

MicroNames Co.,Ltd Files

These are the MicroNames Co.,Ltd files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
36/57WinCtrProc.exe
42/70translation.exe
40/70Uninstall_Ctr.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the MicroNames Co.,Ltd files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacTrojan.GenericKD.5217987
AVGGeneric.C55, Win32:Adware-ADK [PUP], Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797, Trojan.GenericKD.5217987
AegisLabAdWare.W32.Agent.lpCH
AhnLab-V3PUP/Win32.MicroNames
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.DownloadWare, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Hebogo, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric
ArcabitTrojan.Adware.Zusy.D283BD, Trojan.Generic.D4F9EC3
AvastWin32:Hebogo-A [Adw], Win32:Adware-ADK [PUP], Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
AviraADWARE/Downloadware.xdpw, ADWARE/Hebogo.PI, ADWARE/Hebogo.RA
BaiduWin32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9975
Baidu-InternationalAdware.Win32.DownloadWare.J
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797, Trojan.GenericKD.5217987
BkavW32.HfsAdware.5066
CAT-QuickHealPUA.Micronames1.Gen
ClamAVWin.Trojan.Generic-5290756-0
ComodoApplication.Win32.Downware.KG, Malware@#39wz1pvgosbkh
CrowdStrikewin/malicious_confidence_90% (D)
Cybereasonmalicious.b01f90, malicious.87e0f3
CylanceUnsafe
CyrenW32/VB-Backdoor-HRS-based!Maxim, W32/Trojan.XGNN-8728
DrWebAdware.Hebogo.8, Adware.Hebogo.12
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Adware.DownloadWare.J, a variant of Win32/Adware.Hebogo
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797 (B), Trojan.GenericKD.5217987 (B)
Endgamemalicious (high confidence), malicious (moderate confidence)
F-ProtW32/VB-Backdoor-HRS-based!Maxim
F-SecureAdware.ADWARE/Hebogo.PI, Adware.ADWARE/Hebogo.RA
FortinetAdware/DownloadWare, Adware/Hebogo, W32/Generic.AC.3B4311!tr
GDataWin32.Application.Agent.XL7VZZ, Gen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797, Trojan.GenericKD.5217987
IkarusPUA.DownloadWare
Invinceaheuristic
JiangminAdWare.DownloadWare.bi
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004da1f11 ), Adware ( 004dca451 ), Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 )
K7GWAdware ( 004da1f11 ), Adware ( 004dca451 ), Trojan ( 0049ee0a1 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.DownloadWare.asy, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Hebogo.vje
MAXmalware (ai score=100), malware (ai score=99)
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.MicroNames, Adware.Hebogo
McAfeeArtemis!555D05238A09, Artemis!187E616B01F9, PUP-FNO
McAfee-GW-EditionArtemis!PUP, PUP-FNO
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Adware.Zusy.164797, Trojan.GenericKD.5217987
MicrosoftAdware:Win32/Hebogo, PUA:Win32/MicroNames
NANO-AntivirusRiskware.Win32.DownloadWare.ebznld, Riskware.Win32.Hebogo.efliiz, Riskware.Win32.Hebogo.ejvdpv
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen, Trj/CI.A
Qihoo-360HEUR/QVM03.0.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.b38, Win32/Virus.Adware.31e
RisingMalware.Undefined!8.C-4eaEXGqI3j (Cloud), Malware.Undefined!8.C (CLOUD), Malware.Generic.5!tfe (CLOUD)
SentinelOnestatic engine - malicious
SophosGeneric PUA LP (PUA), Generic PUA EI (PUA), Generic PUA HG (PUA)
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2, ML.Attribute.HighConfidence
TencentWin32.Adware.Downloadware.Suob, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Dyqw, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Tccl
TrendMicroTROJ_GEN.R00JC0DE516, TROJ_GEN.R014C0PJH18
TrendMicro-HouseCallHV_HEBOGO_CA2333AA.TOMC, TROJ_GEN.R014C0PJH18
VBA32AdWare.Hebogo, Adware.Hebogo
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Hebogo
ViRobotAdware.Hebogo.835320
WebrootW32.Adware.Gen
YandexPUA.DownloadWare!, PUA.Hebogo!
ZillyaAdware.BrowseFoxCRT.Win32.712, Adware.HebogoCRTD.Win32.4735
ZoneAlarmnot-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Hebogo.vje

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 197 scan reports for the MicroNames Co.,Ltd files. 118 of these scan reports 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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