wisen wizard - 17% Detection Rate *
Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by wisen wizard? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Adware.SwiftBrowse.O and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the wisen wizard files collected here is 17%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see wisen wizard when double-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 also view the wisen wizard certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the wisen wizard file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by wisen wizard:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by wisen wizard and that the file has not been tampered with.
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, and so on. You can also view the address for wisen wizard, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the wisen wizard certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
wisen wizard Files
These are the wisen wizard files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 21/51 | wisenwizardbho.dll |
| 1/52 | {f9d2f209-1697-4837-85f2-d88e4c9f7c81}w.sys |
| 7/51 | UNT341B.exe |
| 14/53 | {f9d2f209-1697-4837-85f2-d88e4c9f7c81}gw64.sys |
| 11/53 | updatewisenwizard.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the wisen wizard files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | BrowseFox, Wiswiz, Generic5.ARYT |
| Ad-Aware | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
| Agnitum | PUA.Agent!, Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.Downloader |
| Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win32.Agent, Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.80, Adware.Win32.BrowseFox.40 |
| BitDefender | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
| Comodo | Application.Win32.Altbrowse.AK |
| DrWeb | Trojan.BPlug.28, Trojan.BPlug.40, Trojan.BPlug.35 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.F, Win64/Riskware.NetFilter.A, a variant of Win32/BrowseFox.H |
| Emsisoft | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O (B) |
| F-Secure | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
| Fortinet | Adware/Agent, Riskware/BrowseFox |
| GData | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
| Ikarus | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent, AdWare.SpadeCast |
| Jiangmin | Adware/Agent.jaw |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Agent.ahbx |
| Kingsoft | Win32.Troj.Agent.ah.(kcloud) |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Wisenwizard.A |
| McAfee | Artemis!F64F1C608BB5, Artemis!5B6961A0A91E |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!F64F1C608BB5, Heuristic.LooksLike.Win32.Suspicious.I |
| MicroWorld-eScan | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.Agent.cqvnby |
| Rising | NS:PUF.SilenceInstaller!1.9DDF |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | Adware.BrowseFox/Variant |
| Sophos | Generic PUA CF, BrowseSmart |
| TrendMicro | ADW_WISWIZ |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0228, ADW_WISWIZ, TROJ_GEN.F47V0524, TROJ_GEN.F47V0409 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.Agent |
| VIPRE | Adware.Agent, Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
| nProtect | Adware.SwiftBrowse.O |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 311 scan reports for the wisen wizard files. 54 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:
- 60c10e74c549776a696451a95399f2d5