alleybrowse - 52% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by alleybrowse? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.BrowseFox.V and Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547. The detection rate for the alleybrowse files collected here is 52%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically notice alleybrowse 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 alleybrowse digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the alleybrowse file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by alleybrowse:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by alleybrowse and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 view the address for alleybrowse, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the alleybrowse certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
alleybrowse Files
These are the alleybrowse files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 25/56 | {87286aec-c99d-4583-8090-ac15f3254b32}gw.sys |
| 33/56 | alleybrowsebho.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the alleybrowse files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| AVG | AdPlugin.DIY |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| Agnitum | PUA.BrowseFox! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Yotoon.kam |
| Arcabit | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Trojan.Adware.Mikey.D2D1B |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.AE |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| Bkav | W32.BrowseFoxAC.Adware |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-134 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV |
| Cyren | W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado, W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.Yontoo.1016 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.AE potentially unwanted |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.V (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/S-a7161e1c!Eldorado, W32/S-f64f6ec1!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| Ikarus | PUA.BrowseFox |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/SwiftBrowse.dxt |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ), Adware ( 004b8df51 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9e71 ), Adware ( 004b8df51 ) |
| McAfee | Artemis!18372A50C456 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!PUP |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.Mikey.11547 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.dsmpht, Trojan.Win32.Yontoo.dnkubo |
| Panda | PUP/AlleyBrowse |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | PE:Adware.BrowseFox!6.1D8B |
| Symantec | Trojan.Gen.2 |
| Tencent | Win32.Risk.Adware.Dxdf |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Zaitu, AdWare.MSIL.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.V |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 112 scan results for the alleybrowse files. 58 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review 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:
- 2779fe1fe00300c1bfe01e4a93fa78c5