Whilokii - 24% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Whilokii? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.NetFilter.J and Browse Fox. The detection rate for the Whilokii files collected here is 24%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see Whilokii when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Whilokii certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Whilokii file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Whilokii:
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 Whilokii 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 see the address for Whilokii, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Whilokii certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Whilokii Files
The following are the Whilokii files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/47 | Whilokiibho.dll |
| 1/47 | updateWhilokii.exe |
| 7/48 | updatewhilokii.exe |
| 1/48 | Whilokiibho.dll |
| 28/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 5/48 | Whilokii.Common.dll |
| 6/50 | updatewhilokii.exe |
| 5/51 | updatewhilokii.exe |
| 6/54 | updateWhilokii.exe |
| 18/54 | {fed5e6b2-4fc4-43ba-8e95-001d959d8008}w64.sys |
| 21/55 | {6cb9884f-9bf7-4457-8c28-23c7ccc9fa12}t.sys |
| 8/54 | {fed5e6b2-4fc4-43ba-8e95-001d959d8008}t.sys |
| 34/56 | maintainer.exe |
| 26/56 | {6cb9884f-9bf7-4457-8c28-23c7ccc9fa12}w64.sys |
| 25/55 | {6cb9884f-9bf7-4457-8c28-23c7ccc9fa12}t.sys |
| 8/56 | updateWhilokii.exe |
| 0/48 | Whilokiibho.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Whilokii files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | Generic.7A9, Generic6.DAP, AdPlugin.DAI |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.Downloader, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse, PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.bfm, GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-EE [PUP] |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, Adware/BrowseFox.A.15, Adware/BrowseFox.A.282 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.whil, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.V |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Bkav | W64.HfsAdware.5637, W32.BrowseFoxJ.Adware |
| CAT-QuickHeal | AdWare.Yotoon.A5 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.B, TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV |
| Cyren | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-bc825f4f!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.437, Trojan.BPlug.10, Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.Yontoo.1734 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.A, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe |
| Emsisoft | Adware.NetFilter.E (B), Adware.BrowseFox.AT (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-de841313!Eldorado, W64/A-a8e2f748!Eldorado, W32/A-b3b70cb0!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/S-bc825f4f!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon, AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, AdWare/Yotoon.ap |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Adware ( 0040f9f21 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Whilokii.A, PUP.Optional.SwiftBrowse |
| McAfee | Artemis!BAD42B9D0F36, Artemis!F98C22D9BFBB, BrowseFox-FTR, Artemis!7F3EB520D263 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!BAD42B9D0F36, Artemis!F98C22D9BFBB, BrowseFox-FTR, BehavesLike.Win64.PUPAmonetize.ph, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Adware.BrowseFox.AT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgqvkd, Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.denstu, Riskware.Win32.BPlug.djpkri |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.eb6 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.SwiftBrowse, Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Browse Fox, BrowseSmart |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0927, TROJ_GEN.F47V0930, TROJ_GEN.F47V0116, TROJ_GEN.F47V0602 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Kranet.Win32.476, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.6, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.NetFilter.E, Adware.NetFilter.J, Trojan-Clicker/W32.Yotoon.123672, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 930 scan reports for the Whilokii files. 219 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:
- 5d49818d94fea0aea7d9b885c9bacbd7