TowerTilt - 23% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by TowerTilt? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.NetFilter.E and Towit. The detection rate for the TowerTilt files collected here is 23%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see TowerTilt 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 the additional details from the TowerTilt digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the TowerTilt file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by TowerTilt:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by TowerTilt and that the file has not been tampered with.
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 TowerTilt, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the TowerTilt certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
TowerTilt Files
The following are the TowerTilt files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the TowerTilt files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Towit, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.B, Adware.Win32.Agent.aJ |
| BitDefender | Adware.NetFilter.E, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.Agent.r5 (Not a Virus) |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.17 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.S, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F |
| Emsisoft | Adware.NetFilter.E (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado, W64/A-7883d091!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.NetFilter.E, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent |
| GData | Adware.NetFilter.E, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Win32.Application.BrowseFox.B |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| K7AntiVirus | Riskware ( 0049c6851 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| K7GW | Riskware ( 0049c6851 ), Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.TowerTilt.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!724AE78615A2, Artemis!43F3FF81D529, Artemis!8A5A9EE8AF59, Artemis!1751BDDFD359, Artemis!2A3EA7127585, Artemis!33F587C34ED1, Artemis!FD50BF4E6606, Artemis!A5F8FA53F9A4 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!Trojan, Artemis!43F3FF81D529, Artemis!8A5A9EE8AF59, Artemis, Artemis!2A3EA7127585, Artemis!33F587C34ED1, Artemis!FD50BF4E6606, Artemis!A5F8FA53F9A4 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.NetFilter.E, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.crkvek |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Generic PUA KE, Generic PUA CC |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Aexu |
| TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNV.03I914 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0518, TROJ_GEN.F47V0416, TROJ_SPNV.03I914, TROJ_GEN.F47V0325, TROJ_GEN.F47V0417, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0611, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0619, TROJ_GEN.F47V0506 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3, Adware.Agent.Win32.9068 |
| nProtect | Adware.NetFilter.E |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 627 scan results for the TowerTilt files. 147 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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:
- 0dc21b60ddfb723e55b2f05376083f29