techgile - 41% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by techgile? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.0F6 and Riskware.Agent!. The detection rate for the techgile files collected here is 41%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice techgile 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 digital signature details for techgile with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the techgile file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by techgile:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by techgile 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, and so on. You can also see the address for techgile, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the techgile certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
techgile Files
These are the techgile files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 22/56 | {670b17cf-f53d-46d2-a0f0-771be0b4f802}gw.sys |
| 27/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 16/54 | {049bbcc5-fa2f-4f64-ac57-0d003a8907b3}gw64.sys |
| 25/56 | {f10b86b0-bf15-437d-92fd-f05ff37c387b}gw64.sys |
| 13/54 | Techgilebho.dll |
| 15/54 | TechgileBHO.dll |
| 7/54 | utilTechgile.exe |
| 23/55 | maintainer.exe |
| 18/54 | Techgilebho.dll |
| 16/55 | {b082a895-f2bc-40a0-9735-d7592e9e422c}gw64.sys |
| 18/56 | {23965273-0465-4e7f-993a-3e299efbd905}gw64.sys |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the techgile files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| ALYac | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| AVG | Generic.0F6, BrowseFox.F |
| AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Agnitum | PUA.BrowseFox!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | Adware/Win32.SwiftBrowse, PUP/Win32.BrowseFox |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Kranet, GrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a |
| Avast | Win32:Adware-BYZ [PUP] |
| Avira | Adware/BrowseFox.A.1227, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen7, Adware/BrowseFox.apr, ADWARE/BrowseFox.Gen2 |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win64.BrowseFox.bAA, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bV, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.bO, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BO, Adware.MSIL.BrowseFox.bH, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.BV |
| BitDefender | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| ClamAV | Win.Adware.Netfilter-134, Win.Adware.Agent-22685, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Browsefox-37 |
| Comodo | TrojWare.Win32.AltBrowse.IZZV, Application.Win32.BrowseFox.JM |
| DrWeb | Tool.NetFilter.313, Trojan.BPlug.281, Trojan.BPlug.144 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win64/BrowseFox.AA, Win32/BrowseFox.V, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.O, a variant of MSIL/BrowseFox.H |
| Emsisoft | Adware.BrowseFox.V (B), Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1 (B), Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B) |
| F-Prot | W32/A-76f53fd6!Eldorado, W32/A-de841313!Eldorado, W64/A-89938c80!Eldorado, W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado, W32/A-1c37adca!Eldorado |
| F-Secure | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Fortinet | Adware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Yotoon |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/Yotoon.aq |
| K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ) |
| K7GW | Trojan ( 004af26b1 ), Trojan ( 020000001 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004a8e8b1 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Yotoon.bfm |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Techgile.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!93031D73851F, BrowseFox-FRR, Artemis!D52F5577E342 |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BrowseFox-FRR |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Gen:Variant.Adware.SwiftBrowse.1, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.NetFilter.dgkdox, Riskware.Win32.Kranet.dgiwfc, Trojan.Win32.BPlug.dfogbn |
| Panda | Trj/CI.A |
| Qihoo-360 | Win32/Virus.Adware.73c |
| Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.17E89F8F!401121167 |
| Tencent | Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Pijr, Win32.Adware.Yotoon.Ebrb |
| TrendMicro | HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | HS_BROWSEFOX.SM |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Win64.Yotoon, AdWare.Kranet, AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Yontoo (fs) |
| Zillya | Backdoor.CPEX.Win32.29350, Adware.Kranet.Win32.476, Adware.Yotoon.Win64.14, Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.47125 |
| nProtect | Adware.BrowseFox.V, Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 830 scan reports for the techgile files. 337 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:
- 73f8cc58517f3d5d8c50dfea9b1c4816