PortalMore - 39% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by PortalMore? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 and Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4. The detection rate for the PortalMore files collected here is 39%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice PortalMore when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the PortalMore certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the PortalMore file
- Right-click 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 PortalMore:
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 PortalMore and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 PortalMore, such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the PortalMore certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
PortalMore Files
The following are the PortalMore files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 4/53 | {31a2f244-4a67-4367-b593-df9513aea360}Gw.sys |
| 37/55 | PortalMorebho.dll |
| 24/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 25/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 27/54 | maintainer.exe |
| 18/55 | updatePortalMore.exe |
| 12/54 | {31a2f244-4a67-4367-b593-df9513aea360}gt.sys |
| 13/55 | PortalMore.CompatibilityChecker.dll |
| 15/54 | {31a2f244-4a67-4367-b593-df9513aea360}w64.sys |
| 13/54 | PortalMorebho.dll |
| 7/55 | utilPortalMore.exe |
| 5/55 | maintainer.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the PortalMore files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | BrowseFox.F, PortalMore.947, Generic.81D |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Yontoo, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Kranet!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet, Trojan/Win32.TGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.bfm, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-AW [PUP], Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Agent.aH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BG, Trojan.Win64.Riskware.BNetFilter, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bH |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-22685 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.17, Trojan.BPlug.281, Trojan.BPlug.117, Trojan.BPlug.231, Trojan.BPlug.141 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/BadBHO.AW.gen!Eldorado, W32/A-9312a25d!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/PUP_z |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox, PUA.RiskWare.NetFilter |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.l, AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049f9c61 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Trojan ( 0049c6b61 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 020000001 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Trojan ( 0049c6b61 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.PortalMore.A, PUP.Optional.Sanbreel.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!3B095741CB8D, Artemis!E910E90E9D6D, Artemis!81DFA59F5F32, BrowseFox.b, RDN/Generic PUP.z!ee, BrowseFox-FRR |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.PUP.dh, Artemis, BrowseFox.b, RDN/Generic PUP.z!ee, BrowseFox-FRR |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.ddghtt, Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcxxfx, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dedpsr |
| Norman | BrowseFox.CI |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A, Trj/Chgt.D |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.708, Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c, HEUR/Malware.QVM23.Gen |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant, Trojan.Agent/Gen-NetFilter |
| Sophos | Generic PUA FN |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, Trojan.ADH.2, WS.Reputation.1, Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Adware.Agent.Ljan, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pdmg, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Wsjw, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Lnoo, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Swum, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Pcsf, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ebqr |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F0C2H00HM14, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0812, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0911 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent, AdWare.Kranet, AdWare.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Yontoo, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Agent.Win32.11362, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3 |
| nProtect | Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.249632.B, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.123632, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.323360.B |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1042 scan results for the PortalMore files. 410 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 0ebe0142555c3b0e57555883de1e0967
- 14dcc59945e4b46b41587e1f633d56c1