Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Pinball Corporation.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Pinball Corporation. (v) and Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m. The detection rate for the Pinball Corporation. files collected here is 77%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Pinball Corporation. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the Pinball Corporation. certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Pinball Corporation.:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Pinball Corporation. 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 Pinball Corporation., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Pinball Corporation. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Pinball Corporation. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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37/48 | ClickPotatoLiteSA.exe |
40/50 | ClickPotatoLiteSA.exe |
35/47 | ShoppingReport.dll |
38/45 | saiAEB6.exe |
34/47 | ShoppingReport.dll |
16/49 | HBLiteSA.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Pinball Corporation. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Skodna.Generic_r.HI, Skodna.Generic_r.Q, Generic4.CDBG, Zango |
Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m, Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd |
Agnitum | Adware.Agent!5ZJ1pDxd/UA, Adware.Agent!X+g3c3kNEqA, Adware.Hotbar.XC |
AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.HotBar, Adware/Win32.Hotbar |
AntiVir | ADSPY/AdSpy.Gen2, Adware/Frozen.A, Adware/Agent.1142656, Adware/Agent.1142576.1 |
Antiy-AVL | AdWare/Win32.HotBar.gen |
Avast | Win32:HotBar-CJ [PUP], Win32:Zango-AR [PUP], Win32:HotBar-BL [Adw] |
Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.HotBar.AfEE |
BitDefender | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m, Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd, Gen:Adware.Heur.fv9@RWMxFYni, Adware.Hotbar.GG |
Bkav | W32.FakesoftCP.Trojan, W32.Clodada.Trojan.29fd, W32.HotbarFamTBF.Adware |
CAT-QuickHeal | Adware.ShopperReports (Not a Virus) |
CMC | AdWare.Win32.HotBar!O |
ClamAV | Suspect.W32.AdInstall, Adware.Shoper |
Commtouch | W32/Risk.QAHP-5130 |
Comodo | ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.HotBar.DE, ApplicUnwnt.Win32.AdWare.HotBar.DG |
DrWeb | Adware.Zango.15, Adware.Hotbar.449, Adware.Shopper.257, Adware.Hotbar.485, Adware.Hotbar.858 |
ESET-NOD32 | probably a variant of Win32/Adware.180Solutions, Win32/Adware.Toolbar.Shopper.AB, a variant of Win32/Adware.Toolbar.Shopper.AB |
Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m (B), Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd (B), Gen:Adware.Heur.fv9@RWMxFYni (B), Adware.Hotbar.GG (B) |
F-Prot | W32/180Solutions.D.gen!Eldorado, W32/MalwareF.XMJC |
F-Secure | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m, Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd, Gen:Adware.Heur.fv9@RWMxFYni, Adware.Hotbar.GG |
Fortinet | Adware/PlatriumSA, Adware/Shopper |
GData | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m, Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd, Gen:Adware.Heur.fv9@RWMxFYni, Adware.Hotbar.GG |
Ikarus | AdWare.Win32.ClickPotato, AdWare.Win32.HotBar, AdWare.Win32.ShopperReports, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HotBar |
Jiangmin | Adware/HotBar.cn, Adware/HotBar.ba, Adware/HotBar.dt, Adware/HotBar.bv |
K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 9099ac080 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Adware ( 002aeb7a1 ), Adware |
K7GW | Backdoor ( 04c4c5891 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Adware ( 002aeb7a1 ), Adware |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HotBar.dh, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Shopper.en, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.HotBar.du |
Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.(kcloud) |
Malwarebytes | Adware.ClickPotato, Adware.SmartShopper, Adware.HotBar.SS2 |
McAfee | Adware-HotBar.g, SmartShopper, Artemis!AE3D490C64F5 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Adware-HotBar.g, SmartShopper, Artemis!AE3D490C64F5 |
MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.Heur.Vq1@RyheV4m, Gen:Adware.Heur.Tm1@RCaYgfd, Gen:Adware.Heur.fv9@RWMxFYni, Adware.Hotbar.GG |
Microsoft | Adware:Win32/ClickPotato, Adware:Win32/Hotbar, Adware:Win32/ShopperReports |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.HotBar.igorm, Riskware.Win32.HotBar.ijnan, Riskware.Win32.Shopper.hanqt, Riskware.Win32.HotBar.ikrlq, Riskware.Win32.HotBar.mqlul, Riskware.Win32.HotBar.kuzih |
PCTools | Trackware.SmartShopper!rem |
Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.577 |
Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12834249!310592073, PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.126F3E02!309280258, Trojan.Win32.Generic.128772FF, Trojan.Win32.Generic.1253D5E2, Trojan.Win32.Generic.12570F34, PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1288AAAA!310946474 |
SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.Zango-Heur, Adware.Zango, Trojan.Agent/Gen |
Sophos | ClickPotato Installer, 180solutions |
Symantec | Trojan.ADH.2, Trackware.SmartShopper, Adware.ADH |
TotalDefense | Win32/Zango.Pinball[HOTBAR], Win32/Zango.P |
TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNR.1EJT11, ADW_SHOPPER, TROJ_SPNR.0BJT11, TROJ_GEN.RCBCCJ8, TROJ_SPNR.1ELB11 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_SPNR.1EJT11, ADW_SHOPPER, TROJ_SPNR.0BJT11, TROJ_GEN.RCBCCJ8, TROJ_SPNR.1ELB11 |
VBA32 | AdWare.HotBar, Signed-Adware.Hotbar |
VIPRE | Pinball Corporation. (v) |
nProtect | Trojan-Clicker/W32.HotBar.1142576 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 286 scan reports for the Pinball Corporation. files. 220 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: