Scan Tack - 18% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Scan Tack? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.BAC and Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y. The detection rate for the Scan Tack files collected here is 18%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Scan Tack 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 Scan Tack with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Scan Tack file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file that has been signed by Scan Tack:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Scan Tack and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Scan Tack, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Scan Tack certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Scan Tack Files
The following are the Scan Tack files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Scan Tack files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | Generic.BAC, BrowseFox, MalSign.Generic.BAC, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.Agent |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-J [PUP] |
| Avira | Adware/BrowseFox.apb |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.D, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.71, Adware.Win32.Agent.aanW |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.28, Trojan.BPlug.144, Tool.NetFilter.313 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.I, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast, AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | Adware/Agent.izz |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud), VIRUS_UNKNOWN |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.ScanTack.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!FAEFA0300063, Artemis!CA88AE632946, Artemis!8130792ECC1B, Artemis!5374806AF27C, BrowseFox-FRR, Artemis!6126619EBF6C, Artemis!3C8E270ECF3F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!FAEFA0300063, Artemis!CA88AE632946, Artemis!5374806AF27C, BrowseFox-FRR, Artemis!6126619EBF6C, Artemis!3C8E270ECF3F |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cuenda, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.06a |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Generic PUA KO, Generic PUA AB |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Suspicious.Hvtq |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0614, TROJ_GEN.F47V0409, TROJ_GE.54D5AFF7, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0611, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0623, TROJ_GEN.F47V0607 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.Y, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 789 scan reports for the Scan Tack files. 139 of these scan reports 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 44d91a3142283ce62b23f23c84838b0d