Sale Tube - 41% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Sale Tube? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.Yontoo and Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1. The detection rate for the Sale Tube files collected here is 41%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see Sale Tube when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Sale Tube certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Sale Tube file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Sale Tube:
As you can see in the screengrab above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Sale Tube and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 Sale Tube, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Sale Tube certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Sale Tube Files
The following are the Sale Tube files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 26/52 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 2/55 | SearchMoreKnowDesktopSearch.exe |
| 22/55 | ods.exe |
| 27/55 | updater.exe |
| 17/55 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 26/55 | Plugin.exe |
| 30/56 | Plugin.exe |
| 8/56 | setup.exe |
| 25/54 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 17/53 | plugin.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Sale Tube files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AVG | Generic.694, Generic_r.AVB, Generic_r.AVF, Generic_r.AVM |
| AVware | Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.dz, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.bz, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/NSIS.BrowseFox |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| BitDefender | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.183F |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Pua.Agent.021429 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-14035, Win.Adware.Browsefox-14054 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.CBZ |
| Cyren | W32/S-f1319d77!Eldorado, W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-02dc1386!Eldorado, W32/S-29b095b2!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.3094 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted, MSIL/StartPage.BI, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.BZ potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-f1319d77!Eldorado, W32/S-b9d4ead5!Eldorado, W32/S-02dc1386!Eldorado, W32/S-29b095b2!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Fortinet | W32/StartPage.BI!tr, Adware/BROWSERFOX |
| GData | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon, Trojan.MSIL.StartPage, AdWare.BrowseFox, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare.BrowseFox.asvo, AdWare/Generic.trm |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Adware ( 700000121 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.BrowseFox.btzx |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Yontoo |
| McAfee | BrowseFox.n, Artemis!FA02BBE22A2C, BrowseFox.m |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.bh, BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.ch, BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.jh, BrowseFox.m, BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.hh |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.dyvnoy, Riskware.Win32.Yontoo.dyiwjj |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen, Generic Suspicious |
| Qihoo-360 | QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, QVM20.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F], PE:Adware.BrowseFox!1.A310 [F] |
| Sophos | Browse Fox (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Bp-startpage.Nlob |
| VBA32 | Trojan.MSIL.StartPage |
| VIPRE | Adware.BrowseFox |
| Zillya | Trojan.StartPage.Win32.27551 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 766 scan results for the Sale Tube files. 312 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 785165b82b596aa4788ffe2543f5e3a3