Tomorrow Technology - 30% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Tomorrow Technology? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware ( 004afdd71 ) and MSIL.Adware.PullUpdate. The detection rate for the Tomorrow Technology files collected here is 30%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically notice Tomorrow Technology when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

Screenshot where Tomorrow Technology appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the Tomorrow Technology certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Tomorrow Technology file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click the View Certificate button

Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Tomorrow Technology:

Screenshot of the Tomorrow Technology certificate

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Tomorrow Technology 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 examine the address for Tomorrow Technology, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Tomorrow Technology certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.

Tomorrow Technology Files

These are the Tomorrow Technology files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
17/56jkagjchydef.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Tomorrow Technology files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGDownloader.CBD
AVwareMSIL.Adware.PullUpdate
Antiy-AVLTrojan/Win32.TSGeneric
AvastWin32:Adware-gen [Adw]
Baidu-InternationalAdware.MSIL.PullUpdate.G
ComodoApplicUnwnt
DrWebAdware.Yontoo.68
ESET-NOD32a variant of MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.G.gen
FortinetAdware/PullUpdate
GDataWin32.Application.Agent.6ICBV3
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 004afdd71 )
K7GWAdware ( 004afdd71 )
McAfeeArtemis!6953422FDF9A
SophosGeneric PUA FD
TencentMsil.Adware.Pullupdate.Wozr
TrendMicro-HouseCallSuspicious_GEN.F47V0201
VIPREMSIL.Adware.PullUpdate

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 56 scan results for the Tomorrow Technology files. 17 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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