Pine Tree - 35% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Pine Tree? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.BrowseFox.V and Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547. The detection rate for the Pine Tree files collected here is 35%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Pine Tree when 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 digital signature details for Pine Tree with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Pine Tree file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Pine Tree:
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 Pine Tree and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 examine the address for Pine Tree, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Pine Tree certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Pine Tree Files
The following are the Pine Tree files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 24/56 | PineTreebho.dll |
| 10/56 | pinetreesetup.exe |
| 35/57 | {4f694d8d-6bd5-42d9-be6d-91b3dbf4a2e1}gw.sys |
| 29/56 | PineTreebho.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Pine Tree files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| AVG | AdPlugin.DIC, Generic.791 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Agnitum | PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.kam |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D2D1B |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AE, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.Pine |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Bkav | W32.BrowseFoxAC.Adware, W32.HfsAdware.2FC6 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | PUA.BrowseFox.OL8 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-134, Win.Adware.Agent-46881 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.AKP |
| Cyren | W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado, W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.1016, Trojan.Siggen6.33539, Trojan.Yontoo.1842 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted, Win32/BrowseFox.AV potentially unwanted, a variant of Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 (B), Adware.BrowseFox.V (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado, W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Fortinet | Riskware/NetFilter |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt, AdWare/Yotoon.lm |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b929e1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b929e1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.NSIS.Zaitu.heur |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.PineTree.A, PUP.Optional.PineTree |
| McAfee | BrowseFox-FRR |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.gc, BrowseFox-FRR |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547, Adware.BrowseFox.V |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo, Trojan.Nsis.BrowseFox.dnxihk, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.dsmpht |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.618 |
| Rising | PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B, NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF, PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B[F1] |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA NB (PUA) |
| Tencent | Win32.Risk.Adware.Pavg, Win32.Risk.Adware.Tafb, Win32.Risk.Adware.Dau |
| VBA32 | AdWare.MSIL.Agent, AdWare.Zaitu |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.BrowseFox.Win32.283 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.V |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 281 scan reports for the Pine Tree files. 98 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. 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:
- 7474b1e151ed589fe9418816ee9ba66c