gerbillio - 35% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by gerbillio? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.FA8 and Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH. The detection rate for the gerbillio files collected here is 35%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice gerbillio when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the gerbillio certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the gerbillio file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by gerbillio:
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 gerbillio and that the file has not been tampered with.
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, and so on. You can also examine the address for gerbillio, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the gerbillio certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
gerbillio Files
These are the gerbillio files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 16/55 | {8e282837-b584-46f4-a220-bfdd4678d061}gw64.sys |
| 21/55 | smarterpower.boasprt.exe |
| 4/55 | updatesmarterpower.exe |
| 17/55 | {55825785-0831-456c-8958-bd781398505d}gw64.sys |
| 22/53 | maintainer.exe |
| 4/55 | tmp1B56.tmp |
| 23/55 | SmarterPower.BOASHelper.exe |
| 30/55 | SmarterPower.BrowserAdapter.exe |
| 24/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 5/55 | smarterpower.purbrowse64.exe |
| 26/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 8/54 | utilsmarterpower.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the gerbillio files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | Generic.FA8 |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet, Trojan/Win32.BTSGeneric, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.Kranet, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.LinkSwift |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP], Win64:BrowseFox-A [PUP] |
| Avira | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen4, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BR, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bP, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bV |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Agent-30160, Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-583, Win.Adware.Agent-23141 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.AltBrowse.ISPI |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.281, Trojan.BPlug.218, Trojan.BPlug.100 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.CG, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.R, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.P |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134 (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/A-1c37adca!Eldorado, W32/A-c74c8eb1!Eldorado, W32/Yotoon.A.gen!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004a0a671 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004a0a671 ), Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 0040f9881 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet.heur |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SmarterPower.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!01B1A5D0E07D, Artemis!33AB9311EB36, PUP-FNK |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.Dropper.th, PUP-FNK |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.158883, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159134, Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.159320 |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Generic.dgcqyo, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.dgfdla, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgvivv |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen, Win32/Virus.Adware.708 |
| Sophos | Generic PUA CA, Generic PUA DF |
| Tencent | Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Ecac, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Dyqm, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Pgcu, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Szlp, Win32.Trojan.Falsesign.Htvq |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Kranet, AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476 |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH, Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.1786656, Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.98592 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 936 scan reports for the gerbillio files. 327 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 4409477e9554a1549d768f6119fc70f3