Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.)? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Shopper.866 and Goobzo (fs). The detection rate for the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) files collected here is 12%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) 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 view additional details from the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screencap of a file signed by SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.):
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 SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.), such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/56 | DeskBar.exe |
3/57 | DeskBar.exe |
13/56 | tu17p84.exe |
Here's the detection names for the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVware | Goobzo (fs) |
Avira | ADWARE/SpeedBit.178792.1 |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.18C9 |
DrWeb | Adware.Shopper.866 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/SpeedBit.F potentially unwanted |
Ikarus | PUA.ShopperPro |
Norman | Malware |
Panda | Adware/Goobzo |
Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM42.0.Malware.Gen |
Symantec | Trojan.Gen.SMH, Goobzo |
Tencent | Trojan.Win32.Qudamah.Gen.0, Trojan.Win32.YY.Gen.4 |
TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ODM15 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0401, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0ODM15 |
VIPRE | Goobzo (fs) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 169 scan reports for the SearchModule (Goobzo Ltd.) files. 20 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: