Anton Melnikov
Publisher Information
Anton Melnikov is a brand of publishers/developers run by WebPick Internet Holdings Ltd. located in Ramat Ha'Chayal Tel Aviv, Israel. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Anton Melnikov is a developer of WebPick Internet Holdings and publishes a number of adware web browser plugins designed to monitor web browser behavior and inject advertisements (banner, popups, text-links, etc.) in the browser by using the WebPick InstalleRex monetization delivery platform. These programs from Anton Melnikov are typiclaly installed on a variety of names and misspellings and are very difficult to remove. According to WebPick, they use developers to sign their adware in order to "throw off competitors".
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited
Valid from:
8/26/2013 9:00:00 PM
Valid to:
8/27/2014 8:59:59 PM
Subject:
CN=Anton Melnikov, O=Anton Melnikov, STREET=Borshagovskaya 117, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, PostalCode=03058, C=UA
Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB
Serial number:
008efe75ffe332b06c663189a317121232
Scanner detections:
Detections (100% detected)
Scan engine
Details
Detections
Reason Heuristics
Adware (M), PUP.WebPick (M)
100.00%
Downloads URLs for files signed by Anton Melnikov.
The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.
* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Anton Melnikov by COMODO CA Limited on August 26, 2013 with the serial number '008efe75ffe332b06c663189a317121232'.