Nextup - 25% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Nextup? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Win32.Application.Nextup.A and NextUp. The detection rate for the Nextup files collected here is 25%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Nextup when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Nextup digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Nextup file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Nextup:
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 Nextup and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 view the address for Nextup, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Nextup certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Nextup Files
The following are the Nextup files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 11/53 | A8449d01 |
| 13/54 | Flv2PCInstaller.exe |
| 17/56 | MediaPlayerClassicInstaller.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Nextup files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.5BE |
| AVware | Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Verti |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-gen [Adw] |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | PUA.Win32.Verti.bF |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Verti.JBT |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Verti.F, a variant of Win32/Verti.J |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Win32.AdLoad (A) |
| GData | Win32.Application.Nextup.A |
| Ikarus | PUA.Nextup, PUA.Verti |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Verti.h |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0049cf891 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b32901 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0049cf891 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.alsb, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Verti.by |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.NextUp |
| McAfee | Artemis!408E8969CD0A, Artemis!320490BC8679 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!408E8969CD0A, Artemis!320490BC8679 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Verti.dmncmr |
| Norman | Agent.BKBXY |
| Sophos | NextUp |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0709 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Rocketfuel Installer (fs) |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 163 scan reports for the Nextup files. 41 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.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 00c705e6f899ac0c37a4458683db2745bb