New IT Limited - 9% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by New IT Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.96E and Adware.Downware.2538. The detection rate for the New IT Limited files collected here is 9%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see New IT Limited when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the New IT Limited certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the New IT Limited file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file that has been signed by New IT Limited:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by New IT Limited and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above, you can see 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 New IT Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2 and Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 has issued the New IT Limited certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
New IT Limited Files
The following are the New IT Limited files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the New IT Limited files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.96E |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Agnitum | PUA.4Shared! |
| AntiVir | APPL/Downloader.Gen |
| Avast | Win32:FourShared-D [PUP] |
| Avira | APPL/Downloader.Gen8 |
| ByteHero | Trojan-Dropper.win32.Agent.gen.101 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Downware.2538, Adware.Downware.5878 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/4Shared.U, a variant of Win32/4Shared.Y, a variant of Win32/4Shared.S, a variant of Win32/4Shared.X |
| GData | Win32.Application.4shared.B, Win32.Application.4shared.F |
| Ikarus | PUA.4Shared |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9041 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9041 ), Trojan ( 020000001 ) |
| McAfee | PUP-FIW, 4shared |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.hh, PUP-FIW, 4shared |
| VBA32 | suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 371 scan reports for the New IT Limited files. 33 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 049768f7f19c91
- 2b90ba60b54b37