Term Coach - 28% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Term Coach? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.30B and a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe. The detection rate for the Term Coach files collected here is 28%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically notice Term Coach 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 Term Coach with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Term Coach file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Term Coach:
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 Term Coach 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, etc. You can also see the address for Term Coach, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the Term Coach certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Term Coach Files
These are the Term Coach files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 31/56 | tcsvc.exe |
| 18/57 | tcsvc.exe |
| 9/56 | tcfd_vw_1_10_0_21.sys |
| 9/57 | tcfd_vw_1_10_0_22.sys |
| 7/57 | tcfd_vw_1_10_0_24.sys |
| 15/56 | tcfd_vt_1_10_0_24.sys |
| 19/56 | tcfd_vt_1_10_0_22.sys |
| 23/56 | tcsvc.exe |
| 15/55 | tcfd_vt_1_10_0_21.sys |
| 9/56 | Au_.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Term Coach files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1 |
| AVG | Generic.30B |
| AVware | InfoAtoms (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, NetFilter |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1 |
| AegisLab | Virus.Gen!c |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, Riskware.NetTool! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Vitruvian |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Vitruvian, RiskWare[NetTool]/Win64.NetFilter.l |
| Arcabit | PUP.Adware.TermCoach.edf, Adware.A12312B40, Adware.AD1E207CA, PUP.Adware.TermCoach |
| Avast | Win32:Vitruvian-B [PUP], Win32:Vitruvian-D [PUP] |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.Vitruvian.F, Hacktool.Win64.NetFilter.A, Hacktool.Win64.NetFilter.l |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.7E83, W64.HfsAdware.7E83 |
| Comodo | ApplicUnwnt |
| Cyren | W32/Adware.CBHB-2891 |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.1186, Adware.Plugin.1136 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/Adware.Vitruvian.F, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1 (B) |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian |
| Fortinet | Riskware/Vitruvian, Adware/Vitruvian, Riskware/NetFilter |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1, Win32.Application.Agent.QNKBH3, Win64.Application.Agent.Q298VV, Win64.Application.Agent.L6EVVJ, Win32.Application.Agent.2G85N1, Win64.Application.Agent.2AMM1D |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:NetTool.NetFilter |
| K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004b8e1a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b885a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8fe91 ), Adware ( 004b92951 ) |
| K7GW | Adware ( 004b8e1a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b885a1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8fe91 ), Adware ( 004b92951 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Vitruvian.o, not-a-virus:NetTool.Win64.NetFilter.l |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.TermCoach, PUP.Optional.TermCoach.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!CCC3AAAAE0D0, Artemis!7D930D0C8115, Artemis!B29AB4FC3EFA, Artemis!381A90614D19, Artemis!7E32DD0ECB99, Artemis!589DEBB77F40, Artemis!BEA1E754EE46, Artemis!00C93A6D2861 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!PUP, Artemis, BehavesLike.Win64.BadFile.qh, BehavesLike.Win32.Tool.fh |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.Vitruvian.1 |
| Panda | Generic Suspicious |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.NetTool.82f |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.18EB34A4!418067620 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.NetFilter/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA MA (PUA), Generic PUA AA (PUA), Generic PUA JJ (PUA) |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2, WS.Reputation.1, SAPE.Heur.BAFC7 |
| Tencent | Win32.Risk.Adware.Tclv |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_GEN.R047C0OI715, TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OHN15 |
| VIPRE | InfoAtoms (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, NetFilter |
| Zillya | Adware.Vitruvian.Win32.100, Adware.Vitruvian.Win32.85 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 562 scan results for the Term Coach files. 155 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 11219dda8289c093cd53f63b4b8c67402af7