Reimage Ltd. - 5% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Reimage Ltd.? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.Reimage and Program.Unwanted.4185. The detection rate for the Reimage Ltd. files collected here is 5%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Reimage Ltd. 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 also view the Reimage Ltd. certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Reimage Ltd. file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Reimage Ltd.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Reimage Ltd. 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, etc. You can also examine the address for Reimage Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and DigiCert EV Code Signing CA has issued the Reimage Ltd. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Reimage Ltd. Files
The following are the Reimage Ltd. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/70 | ReimageApp.exe |
| 3/72 | RestoroApp.exe |
| 2/73 | ReimageApp.exe |
| 3/69 | ReimageApp.exe |
| 5/65 | ReimageRepair.exe |
| 7/73 | ReimageRepair (2).exe |
| 2/72 | REI_AVIRA.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Reimage Ltd. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| AVG | Win32:AdwareSig [Adw] |
| Avast | Win32:AdwareSig [Adw] |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt@#3py5782yyrndr, ApplicUnwnt@#2v7e76kzoilpl, ApplicUnwnt@#3dcyep6zll0hp, ApplicUnwnt@#30ecedxhz0kod, ApplicUnwnt@#1l58tl37ai74o |
| DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.4185, Program.Unwanted.4748, Program.Unwanted.4834, Program.Unwanted.3824, Trojan.Siggen9.19977 |
| ESET-NOD32 | Win32/ReImageRepair.P potentially unwanted |
| Endgame | malicious (high confidence) |
| Invincea | heuristic |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Reimage, PUP.Optional.Restoro |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | PUA.Win32.Reimage.B |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 494 scan reports for the Reimage Ltd. files. 24 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of Reimage Ltd.. These are the signer names:
- Reimage Ltd.
- Reimage LTD.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 1c260a532feb3e9942e66a2f31e7d884
- 02a2cfda6c4c75dd2da3a469765b9c00
- 61ead231ad776a62673bccdf3725c8a6