melondrea - 1.6% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from melondrea? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably notice melondrea when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where melondrea appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can also view the melondrea certificate with the following procedure:

  1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the melondrea file
  2. Right-click the file and select Properties
  3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
  4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by melondrea:

Screenshot of the melondrea certificate

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 melondrea and that the file has not been tampered with.

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 view the address for melondrea, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the melondrea certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

melondrea Files

These are the melondrea files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
2/50updatemelondrea.exe
3/53{c047df5e-0fda-4055-b5db-a96a8a34a094}w64.sys

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the melondrea files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
AVGMelond.28F
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.Melondrea.A
SophosBrowseSmart
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 312 scan reports for the melondrea files. 5 of these scan reports 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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