thirteen degrees - 61% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from thirteen degrees? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.CH and W64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado. The detection rate for the thirteen degrees files collected here is 61%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically see thirteen degrees when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where thirteen degrees appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the additional details from the thirteen degrees digital signature with the following procedure:

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

Here is a screencap of a file signed by thirteen degrees:

Screenshot of the thirteen degrees 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 thirteen degrees and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, etc. You can also view the address for thirteen degrees, such as the street name, city and country.

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

thirteen degrees Files

The following are the thirteen degrees files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
32/56{03ace340-4a48-411e-95b0-8860b55f11a2}gw64.sys
30/54{bb2c7b21-23a1-46a1-a160-a12dd55bfa5b}gw64.sys
36/57{59589a76-d12f-494b-b71d-94a0f50d6056}gw64.sys
32/53{84bb20d7-eba9-4a7a-ae06-24e2bac40dbf}gw64.sys
36/58{325513b3-72a3-4368-9b14-0e4e41149528}gw64.sys
34/57{852b7b19-7c01-406e-8e99-136b5e98af58}gw64.sys

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the thirteen degrees files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ALYacAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
AVGAdPlugin.DAI
AVwareTrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
Ad-AwareAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
AegisLabAdWare.Win64.Yotoon.mf8s, AdWare.Win64.Yotoon
AgnitumRiskware.Agent!
Antiy-AVLGrayWare[NetTool:not-a-virus]/Win64.NetFilter.a
ArcabitAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
AvastWin32:BrowseFox-MK [PUP]
AviraADWARE/BrowseFox.drc
BaiduWin32.Adware.BrowseFox.g
BitDefenderAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
BkavW64.HfsAdware.9CD0
ClamAVWin.Adware.Swiftbrowse-497, Win.Adware.Swiftbrowse-513
CyrenW64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado
DrWebTrojan.Yontoo.1735
ESET-NOD32a variant of Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe
EmsisoftAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH (B)
F-ProtW64/A-59c9c70a!Eldorado
F-SecureAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
FortinetAdware/NetFilter
GDataAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
IkarusPUA.BrowseFox
K7AntiVirusAdware ( 0040f9f21 )
K7GWAdware ( 0040f9f21 )
Kasperskynot-a-virus:NetTool.Win64.NetFilter.k
MalwarebytesPUP.Optional.ThirteenDegrees.A, PUP.Optional.ThirteenDegrees, PUP.Optional.BrowseFox
McAfeeArtemis!CD2AF66AE18F
McAfee-GW-EditionBehavesLike.Win64.PUPAmonetize.ph
MicroWorld-eScanAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH
NANO-AntivirusTrojan.Win64.Yontoo.dtpkcc
PandaGeneric Suspicious
Qihoo-360Win32/Virus.Adware.429
SUPERAntiSpywareAdware.SwiftBrowse/Variant
SophosBrowse Fox (PUA)
SymantecTrojan.Gen.2
TencentWin64.Adware.Bp-sys.Zuxl, Win32.Risk.Adware.Wrqp, Win32.Risk.Adware.Eehv, Win32.Risk.Adware.Wptj
TrendMicroTROJ_GEN.R02KC0OG815, PUA_BROWSEFOX
TrendMicro-HouseCallPUA_BROWSEFOX
VIPRETrojan.Win32.Generic!BT
YandexRiskware.Agent!
ZillyaAdware.Yotoon.Win64.14
nProtectAdware.SwiftBrowse.CH

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 335 scan reports for the thirteen degrees files. 203 of these scan reports 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 based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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