findopolis - 27% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by findopolis? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.W and Adware.SwiftBrowse.W (B). The detection rate for the findopolis files collected here is 27%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice findopolis when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the findopolis digital signature with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the findopolis file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by findopolis:
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 findopolis 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 view the address for findopolis, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the findopolis certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
findopolis Files
These are the findopolis files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the findopolis files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Generic.DD6, BrowseFox.F, Generic_r.KF |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.SwiftBrowse, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
| Agnitum | PUA.Yotoon!, Trojan.BPlug! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Win-PUP/BrowseFox.Gen |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2, APPL/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, Trojan/Win32.SGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/MSIL.Kranet |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-CF [PUP] |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bI, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-79, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.17, Trojan.BPlug.35, Trojan.BPlug.48, Trojan.BPlug.117 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.BQ, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.I |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-dd00b781!Eldorado, W32/A-599a5048!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
| Ikarus | AdWare.SpadeCast, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, AdWare.SwiftBrowse |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.l, Adware/Agent.jgs, Adware/Agent.knt, AdWare/Yotoon.m |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0049c6b61 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 050000001 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Findopolis.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!191B56DCCA41, Artemis!D9BCB4797003, Artemis!527C082909E3 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.qh, Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.I, Artemis!D9BCB4797003 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Yotoon.ddghtt, Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcxxfx |
| Panda | Adware/BrowserFox |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF, PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1703939A!386110362 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart |
| Symantec | Trojan.ADH.2 |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0625, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0620, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0718, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0809 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs), Adware.SwiftBrowse |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.1, Adware.Agent.Win32.9011, Adware.SwiftBrowse.Win32.3 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.W, Adware.SwiftBrowse.AY |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 847 scan reports for the findopolis files. 230 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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:
- 41fd37ed8d644a11e361329013f51fc2