Yawtix - 30% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Yawtix? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT. The detection rate for the Yawtix files collected here is 30%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Yawtix when double-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 Yawtix digital signature with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Yawtix file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Yawtix:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Yawtix 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for Yawtix, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Yawtix certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
Yawtix Files
The following are the Yawtix files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the Yawtix files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | Generic6.FYZ, BrowseFox.F, Generic.CB4 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent!, PUA.Yotoon!, Trojan.BPlug! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-FB [PUP] |
| Avira | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.yawt |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-773, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.143, Tool.NetFilter.313 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.W, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B), Adware.NetFilter.E (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/S-8b7dffd0!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W64/A-e967bae2!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox, Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Ikarus | AdWare.BrowseFox, AdWare.SwiftBrowse, AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Yawtix.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!558285D35B2C, Artemis!B0E09A02214E, Artemis!B3F03E17DB21, Artemis!6ED2CECDB0CE, Artemis!924B44A390FC |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!Trojan, Artemis |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM30.Gen |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0817, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0704 |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CT, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Adware.NetFilter.E |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 384 scan reports for the Yawtix files. 117 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 is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 2e42c67bcb3b665946270e2f15bc3a2b