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Browser Distribution Services, Inc.

Publisher Information

Browser Distribution Services, Inc. is a software developer located in Wilmington, Delaware in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Thre are 2 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/23/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/1/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Browser Distribution Services, Inc.", O="Browser Distribution Services, Inc.", STREET="2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400", L=Wilmington, S=DE, PostalCode=19808, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00ea928714b8f5b2624a02f3b49a00e677

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.BrowserDistributionServices, PUP.Zugo.BrowserDistributionServices.Installer (M), PUP.Zugo.BrowserDistributionServices (M), PUP.Zugo (M)
100.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Distromatic.C potentially unwanted (variant)
69.23%

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Distromatic
61.54%

Baidu Antivirus
PUA.Win32.Distromatic
61.54%

Dr.Web
Adware.Zugo.118, Adware.Zugo.128
38.46%

McAfee
Artemis!0A89BA152E40, Artemis!D597B617C127, Artemis!AA1DCBC0B163, Artemis!954310BC5EA3, Artemis!414D6E2FE2F6
38.46%

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent, PUA.Zugo
23.08%

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0326, TROJ_GEN.F47V1216
23.08%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Searchprotect
23.08%

Rising Antivirus
NS:AdWare.Script.VBS.StartPage.g!1579249
23.08%

1 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (65fb8e374241e9975b8b8e56b5f75962)

1 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (05efb4da92ecc564977089a167b248b3)

1 / 68      (Adware)
distro-amzn-irfanview-rs_13090344914406_1.exe (Amazon Browser Bar)  (3b8600bd89125ce5a0f1376d602326d7)

1 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (8f8442c63f92104d208e6960bfe45a14)

5 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (ec3046f657ed81e7b7653db45a982160)

5 / 68      (Adware)
amazon-installer.exe (distro-meta-installer)  (414d6e2fe2f62e6a2a09ff98f5c236d5)

19 / 68    (Adware)
search_protect.exe (Amazon Search Protect)  (954310bc5ea39da170ff299db2e2a09d)

5 / 68      (Adware)
amazon-installer.exe (distro-meta-installer)  (aa1dcbc0b1639d6b9e766bca05ebc659)

3 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (b84851f0fb2e46e0c6b59036920f5d40)

8 / 68      (Adware)
distro-amzn-irfanview-rs_13084287904513_1.exe (Amazon Browser Bar)  (d597b617c127ae619fdb8effd8785a45)

4 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (cadde51f84964322f1cd589d5d3f30e5)

18 / 68    (Adware)
search_protect.exe (Amazon Search Protect)  (39b9d1d8eaff2632dc934cac092e5d06)

9 / 68      (Adware)
zplugins.dll  (0a89ba152e401586dddce983163d5794)

The certificates below are also signed by Browser Distribution Services, Inc..

3B259692789E76789FF829879954D882  (Feb 01, 2013 to Feb 02, 2015)

0091DFA40718D373BC38F0B0B236B66F51  (Jan 26, 2012 to Jan 26, 2013)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Browser Distribution Services, Inc. by COMODO CA Limited on February 23, 2015 with the serial number '00ea928714b8f5b2624a02f3b49a00e677'.
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