Skunk Dog Media - 26% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Skunk Dog Media? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as W32/S-53ab7a3d!Eldorado and Adware ( 004cd05e1 ). The detection rate for the Skunk Dog Media files collected here is 26%. Please read on for more details.

You will probably notice Skunk Dog Media when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Skunk Dog Media appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the Skunk Dog Media certificate with the following steps:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Skunk Dog Media:

Screenshot of the Skunk Dog Media 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 Skunk Dog Media 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Skunk Dog Media, such as the street name, city and country.

Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 has issued the Skunk Dog Media certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Skunk Dog Media Files

These are the Skunk Dog Media files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
15/57$R6QLYZ6.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Skunk Dog Media files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGGeneric.ECF
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
AgnitumRiskware.Agent!
AviraPUA/DownloadAdmin.QA
CyrenW32/S-53ab7a3d!Eldorado
DrWebTrojan.Vittalia.419
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/DownloadAdmin.N potentially unwanted
F-ProtW32/S-53ab7a3d!Eldorado
IkarusPUA.DownloadAdmin
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004cd05e1 )
K7GWAdware ( 004cd05e1 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.DownloAdmin.fzm
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win32.DownloAdmin.dxlzes
PandaTrj/Genetic.gen
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 57 scan results for the Skunk Dog Media files. 15 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review 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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