sizlsearch - 21% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by sizlsearch? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Slizearch.436 and Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.D. The detection rate for the sizlsearch files collected here is 21%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice sizlsearch when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the sizlsearch certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the sizlsearch file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screencap of a file digitally signed by sizlsearch:
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 sizlsearch and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 examine the address for sizlsearch, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the sizlsearch certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
sizlsearch Files
The following are the sizlsearch files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the sizlsearch files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | Slizearch.436, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Ad-Aware | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.Mplug.AF |
| Agnitum | PUA.Yotoon!, PUA.Agent!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.SwiftBrowse, PUP/Win32.BrowseFox, PUP/Win32.DealKeeper, Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse |
| AntiVir | APPL/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus,HEUR]/Win32.Kranet, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:BrowseFox-BV [PUP], Win32:BrowseFox-BM [PUP] |
| Avira | SPR/NetFilter.F, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.D, Adware.Win32.Agent.ai, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BC |
| BitDefender | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.Mplug.AF |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-8, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-269, Win.Adware.Mplug-45, Win.Adware.Netfilter-130 |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JK |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.199, Trojan.BPlug.123, Trojan.BPlug.17, Trojan.BPlug.93, Trojan.BPlug.117, Trojan.BPlug.218 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.G, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H, Win32/BrowseFox.C, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.J, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.P, a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.AZ |
| Emsisoft | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4 (B), Adware.Mplug.AF (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-dd00b781!Eldorado, W32/A-c74c8eb1!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.Mplug.AF |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent |
| GData | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.Mplug.AF |
| Ikarus | PUA.RiskWare.NetFilter, PUA.Elex, AdWare.SwiftBrowse, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.m, AdWare/Yotoon.k |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ), Trojan ( 020000001 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.MSIL.Kranet.heur, not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx, not-a-virus:HEUR:AdWare.Win32.Kranet.heur |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Generic.a.(kcloud), Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Sizlsearch.A |
| McAfee | BrowseFox.b, Artemis!AA8161FB658B, Artemis!5A7BC20833C6, Artemis!B1C3AAA9E432, Artemis!46D64CF7B46C, Artemis!F93711E72896, BrowseFox, PUP-FNK, Artemis!CA2E4DF0058F |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Backdoor.ch, Artemis!5A7BC20833C6, Artemis!B1C3AAA9E432, Artemis!46D64CF7B46C, BehavesLike.Win32.AdwareBrowseFox.dc, Artemis!F93711E72896, BehavesLike.Win32.Downloader.dh, BehavesLike.Win32.Adware.nh, Artemis!CA2E4DF0058F |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4, Adware.Mplug.AF |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqycvd, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dcxxfx, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dfqewc, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.denqfa |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.e4c, Win32/Virus.Adware.639 |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17102BDB!386935771 |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant, PUP.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA HG, BrowseSmart, Browse Fox |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0819, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0702, TROJ_GEN.F47V0513, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0618, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0701, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0706, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0710, TROJ_GEN.F47V0508, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0626 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon, AdWare.Kranet, AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Yontoo (fs), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Adware.Agent, Adware.BrowseFox |
| Zillya | Adware.Yotoon.Win64.10, Adware.Agent.Win32.9011, Adware.Agent.Win32.12828, Adware.Kranet.Win32.247 |
| nProtect | Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.294176, Trojan-Clicker/W32.LinkSwift.98592 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1673 scan reports for the sizlsearch files. 355 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:
- 14a03b7644ca6a74d050bbd6188eaa95