secretsauce - 15% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from secretsauce? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as MalSign.Secsau.483 and Adware.NetFilter.E. The detection rate for the secretsauce files collected here is 15%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically see secretsauce when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the secretsauce certificate with the following procedure:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the secretsauce file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by secretsauce:
As you can see in the screencap above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by secretsauce 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, etc. You can also see the address for secretsauce, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the secretsauce certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
secretsauce Files
These are the secretsauce files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 2/47 | SecretSaucebho.dll |
| 15/54 | SecretSauceBHO.dll |
| 20/55 | wstlibg64.sys |
| 8/49 | utilsecretsauce.exe |
| 8/50 | updatesecretsauce.exe |
| 1/51 | {345422e3-72fa-447a-9550-97803edfacf3}w64.sys |
| 11/49 | Setup[1].exe |
| 9/50 | updateSecretSauce.exe |
| 9/49 | utilSecretSauce.exe |
| 6/51 | XTLS.dll |
| 2/52 | wstlib.sys |
| 3/52 | {345422e3-72fa-447a-9550-97803edfacf3}w64.sys |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the secretsauce files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | BrowseFox.F, Secsau.483, MalSign.Secsau.483 |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Agnitum | Trojan.BPlug!, PUA.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Trojan/Win64.SwiftBrowse |
| Avira | ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.sece, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.G, Trojan.Win32.BrowseFox.G, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.K |
| BitDefender | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-75 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Adware.Plugin.100, Trojan.BPlug.167, Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.9, Trojan.BPlug.10 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.G, Win32/BrowseFox.C, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.K |
| Emsisoft | Adware.NetFilter.E (B) |
| F-Prot | W64/A-7883d091!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Fortinet | Riskware/BrowseFox, Adware/Agent |
| GData | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, AdWare/LinkSwift.bw |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 0040f9921 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.SecretSauce.A |
| McAfee | BrowseFox-FRR, Artemis!DD3096A74E2B, Artemis!F1F80952BE38, Artemis!255AC7FF74CA, Artemis!0396DD68AA1F, Artemis!48B819E78A60 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BrowseFox-FRR, Artemis!DD3096A74E2B, Artemis!F1F80952BE38, Artemis!255AC7FF74CA, Artemis!0396DD68AA1F, Artemis!48B819E78A60 |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.NetFilter.E |
| NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfohwl |
| Qihoo-360 | HEUR/QVM30.1.Malware.Gen |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| Sophos | BrowseSmart, Generic PUA IP |
| Symantec | Yontoo.C, SecurityRisk.Downldr |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0205, TROJ_GEN.F47V0311, TROJ_GEN.F47V0119, TROJ_GEN.F47V0117, TROJ_GEN.F47V0221 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.SwiftBrowse, AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.3 |
| nProtect | Adware.NetFilter.E |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 609 scan reports for the secretsauce files. 94 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 4ae20fa715a6ad31570af66df284144a
- 58483913e0dbcaab64cc87477f31a66e