PHRASEFINDER - 16% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by PHRASEFINDER? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUA.Popad! and InfoAtoms (fs). The detection rate for the PHRASEFINDER files collected here is 16%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see PHRASEFINDER 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 also view the PHRASEFINDER certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the PHRASEFINDER file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by PHRASEFINDER:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by PHRASEFINDER 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, and so on. You can also view the address for PHRASEFINDER, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the PHRASEFINDER certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
PHRASEFINDER Files
These are the PHRASEFINDER files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 4/57 | pfsvc.exe |
| 15/57 | pfsvc.exe |
| 10/57 | pfsvc.exe |
| 10/57 | pfnfd_1_10_0_11.sys |
| 13/57 | pfnfd_1_10_0_8.sys |
| 13/56 | phrasefinder-setup-1.10.0.12.exe |
| 8/57 | pfnfd_1_10_0_12.sys |
| 8/57 | pfnfd_1_10_0_9.sys |
| 8/55 | pfnfd_1_10_0_11.sys |
| 0/54 | pfsvc.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the PHRASEFINDER files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVware | InfoAtoms (fs) |
| Agnitum | PUA.Popad! |
| Avira | ADWARE/Adware.Gen7, Adware/Komodia.52728.1 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Vitruvian.F, PUA.Win32.NetFilter.71 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.924, Adware.Popad.10, Adware.Plugin.274 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Vitruvian.F, a variant of Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Vitruvian, Riskware/NetFilter, Adware/NetFilter |
| GData | Win32.Adware.PhraseFinder.A, Win32.Adware.Vitruvian.A |
| Ikarus | PUA.Vitruvian |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Vitruvian.m, AdWare/Vitruvian.c, AdWare/Vitruvian.j |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b8a1b1 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b8a1b1 ) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.PhraseFinder.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!A252F82CC58C, Artemis!73789418C66E, Artemis!13EAE7201961 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.fc, BehavesLike.Win64.BadFile.qh, BehavesLike.Win64.Suspicious.qh |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Vitruvian.dpcsxz, Riskware.Win32.Vitruvian.dnpzum |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM00.1.Malware.Gen |
| Sophos | Generic PUA EA |
| Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0129, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0320, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0321, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0131, Suspici.9953365D, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0213 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Vitruvian |
| VIPRE | InfoAtoms (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.30054 |
| nProtect | Trojan-Clicker/W32.Vitruvian.52728 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 564 scan results for the PHRASEFINDER files. 89 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:
- 112137c4f7456ece3d7c3ea998e1558d1585