System Alerts - 20% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by System Alerts? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.Agent.PHD and Trojan.GenericKD.2153525. The detection rate for the System Alerts files collected here is 20%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see System Alerts 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 the digital signature details for System Alerts with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the System Alerts file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by System Alerts:
As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by System Alerts and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for System Alerts, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the System Alerts certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
System Alerts Files
These are the System Alerts files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 9/56 | gBYrf064.dll |
| 24/54 | nZKJpL.dll |
| 13/57 | dtm_updater.exe |
| 10/57 | win_msg_handle.exe |
| 0/57 | AKEYdD64.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the System Alerts files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| Arcabit | Adware.Agent.PHD |
| Avast | Win32:Malware-gen |
| Avira | ADWARE/Agent.323928, Adware/Agent.1790776 |
| BitDefender | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Superfish.9 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Komodia.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.Agent.PHD (B), Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| GData | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| Ikarus | Trojan.SuspectCRC |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Komodia.b |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004b6c8f1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004b6c8f1 ) |
| McAfee | BackDoor-FCOM!1F80EF6B0BAC, Artemis!E6347B3D21EE |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BackDoor-FCOM!1F80EF6B0BAC, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Superfish.dpfrpb |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0209, TROJ_GEN.R047H09BG15, TROJ_GEN.R08NH09BG15 |
| VBA32 | Adware.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.69414 |
| nProtect | Adware.Agent.PHD, Trojan.GenericKD.2153525 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 281 scan results for the System Alerts files. 56 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. 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:
- 008e7e5af881aa310d8c70af506c594ea1