Ric Woshop - 16% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Ric Woshop? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Variant.Razy.29170 and Gen:Variant.Razy.43389. The detection rate for the Ric Woshop files collected here is 16%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice Ric Woshop when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Ric Woshop appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Ric Woshop with the following procedure:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Ric Woshop file
  2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Ric Woshop:

Screenshot of the Ric Woshop certificate

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 Ric Woshop 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, etc. You can also examine the address for Ric Woshop, such as the street name, city and country.

Gokj Pafwh has issued the Ric Woshop certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Ric Woshop Files

These are the Ric Woshop files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
17/57Tundacmi.exe
14/57Imiwema.exe
3/57Pecgifajeb.exe
2/57Pecgifajeb.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Ric Woshop files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Zusy.186196
AVGGeneric_r.BDF, Generic_r.BDA, Generic_r.BDV, Generic_r.INC
Ad-AwareGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Razy.43389
ArcabitTrojan.Razy.D71F2, Trojan.Razy.DA97D
BaiduWin32.Adware.PennyBee.a
BitDefenderGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Razy.43389
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/Adware.PennyBee.AH, a variant of Win32/TrojanDropper.Addrop.AI, a variant of Win64/TrojanDropper.Addrop.B
EmsisoftGen:Variant.Razy.29170 (B), Gen:Variant.Razy.43389 (B)
F-SecureGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Razy.43389
GDataGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Razy.43389
IkarusPUA.PennyBee
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.ch, BehavesLike.Win64.Dropper.ch
MicroWorld-eScanGen:Variant.Razy.29170, Gen:Variant.Razy.43389
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen
Qihoo-360HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen
RisingMalware.Generic!EJXlsQPGqhO@5 (Thunder), Malware.Generic!FjDToX5llYH@5 (Thunder)
SymantecSAPE.Heur.C11B7

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 228 scan results for the Ric Woshop files. 36 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:

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