Sea Bug - 17% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Sea Bug? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Agent.OMN and Generic.501. The detection rate for the Sea Bug files collected here is 17%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Sea Bug when double-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 additional details from the Sea Bug certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Sea Bug file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Sea Bug:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Sea Bug 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 view the address for Sea Bug, such as the street name, city and country.
Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 has issued the Sea Bug certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Sea Bug Files
The following are the Sea Bug files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 4/55 | installer.exe |
| 15/54 | LookThisUp.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Sea Bug files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.501 |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.OMN |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Helper |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Baidu-International | Adware.MSIL.iBryte.BH |
| BitDefender | Adware.Agent.OMN |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/Adware.iBryte.H |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.OMN (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Agent.OMN |
| GData | Adware.Agent.OMN |
| Ikarus | AdWare.Agent |
| Malwarebytes | Trojan.MSIL.Bladabindi, PUP.Optional.LookThisUp.A |
| McAfee | PUP-FRX |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | PUP-FRX |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.OMN |
| nProtect | Adware.Agent.OMN |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 109 scan results for the Sea Bug files. 19 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:
- 081cf04d6e5726