Treat Receipt - 48% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Treat Receipt? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 and Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ). The detection rate for the Treat Receipt files collected here is 48%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically see Treat Receipt 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 additional details from the Treat Receipt digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Treat Receipt file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file that has been signed by Treat Receipt:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Treat Receipt and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 Treat Receipt, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Treat Receipt certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Treat Receipt Files
These are the Treat Receipt files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 22/54 | plugincontainer.exe |
| 31/57 | PluginContainer.upd |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Treat Receipt files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AVG | Generic.0CA |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| AegisLab | Adware.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.dz, GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.BrowseFox.bz |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| BitDefender | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.44E1 |
| CAT-QuickHeal | Pua.Agent.021429 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Browsefox-12832 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.CBZ |
| Cyren | W32/S-f1319d77!Eldorado, W32/S-fde75f2d!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Trojan.Yontoo.3985 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AU potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-f1319d77!Eldorado, W32/S-fde75f2d!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowserFox |
| GData | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon, PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare.BrowseFox.bbfa |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004cd5671 ), Hacktool ( 655367771 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.jtvg |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Yontoo, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.BrowseFox.th |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Adware.BrowseFox.1 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.BrowseFox.eanvgy |
| Panda | Trj/Genetic.gen |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.0000.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F] |
| Sophos | Browse Fox (PUA) |
| Symantec | PUA.Yontoo.C!gen4 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 111 scan results for the Treat Receipt files. 53 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 5133325cbb623d61b72aa6d6a33e4e64