DOWNLOADZONE

Publisher Information

DOWNLOADZONE is a software publisher located in San Francisco, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Owned and operated by Adlogica, Inc, an adware distribution company that distributes bundled adware/toolbrars, and other potentially unwanted software through download web sites branded as Browsersinfo, Downloadzone, Ez-Download and Downloadinfo. The company is located at 96 Jessie St Fl 4 in San Francisco.
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/12/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DOWNLOADZONE, O=DOWNLOADZONE, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th Floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

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

Serial number:
009b24c5aab5a6d4fed7e156750e71003d

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DOWNLOADZONE.K, PUP.DOWNLOADZONE.P, PUP.Installer.Adlogica, PUP.Bundler.Adlogica, PUP.Adlogica.DOWNLOADZONE.Bundler (M), PUP.Adlogica.Bundler, PUP.Adlogica (M)
100.00%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Downloadster
58.82%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch (variant), Win32/Toolbar.MyWebSearch.S potentially unwanted (variant)
58.82%

Sophos
Ez Toolbar Downloader, Generic PUA CH
41.18%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0116, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0619, TROJ_SPNV.03JS14, TROJ_GEN.F47V1213, TROJ_GEN.F47V1118
35.29%

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan , Unwanted-Program
35.29%

AVG
AdPlugin, Skodna.Generic
35.29%

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.MyWebSearch
29.41%

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
29.41%

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic, MyWebSearch Toolbar (not malicious)
29.41%

1 / 68      (Adware)
oovoo_setup.exe  (fe49530adb0c4d14633f44ba9bc37690)

1 / 68      (Adware)
java_downloader.exe  (8f2a4bed10f5cf1e98b92a9aaf509ee0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
java_setup.exe  (219b574b38759255f18bbf3ac4d7b9ff)

1 / 68      (Adware)
imvu_setup.exe (IMVU Installer)  (86f8e25fbf8969c1ff7ccc70c32c29a0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
googletalk_setup.exe (Google Talk Installer)  (63eae73e8a822e3b55d0b516e792ac06)

1 / 68      (Adware)
googletalk_setup.exe  (e88e28a3bdf49ba7de3ab2062396e42c)

1 / 68      (Adware)
java_downloader.exe  (05ceac7a046a1d3ed977c7072a2cbecd)

11 / 68    (Adware)
oovoo_setup.exe  (5941fb28c205340cfb26a9c7e8b7151d)

11 / 68    (Adware)
youtube_downloader_setup.exe  (737f58eca6d5ef2b6b23bc4281a2c1a5)

5 / 68      (Adware)
java_setup.exe (Java Installer)  (0887201aeba76797c45e8d724106c2b4)

4 / 68      (Adware)
java_setup.exe (Java Installer)  (4e04a85046177a1032b49671c80b25be)

13 / 68    (Adware)
superantispyware_setup.exe (Superantispyware Installer)  (a549238a0e7257eba766bb4589751130)

13 / 68    (Adware)
filedata  (f16df5f1f9ced708a920064f4485e335)

11 / 68    (Adware)
chrome_setup.exe  (2e7ad3d9ecd868cea16fc634127a6d82)

14 / 68    (Adware)
java_downloader.exe  (9555807e5cb4e274c0b5ae57b899e081)

4 / 68      (Adware)
java_downloader.exe  (865f6e72e5dbf86cc23cb602e2f7f0fb)

6 / 68      (Adware)
java_setup.exe (Java Installer)  (9fd77f869010036d2650da71cfb05abf)

Downloads URLs for files signed by DOWNLOADZONE.

1 / 68      (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)

11 / 68    (Adware)
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/.../Chrome_Setup.exe  (2e7ad3d9ecd868cea16fc634127a6d82)

11 / 68    (Adware)

14 / 68    (Adware)

14 / 68    (Adware)

4 / 68      (Adware)
http://zdl.downloadzone.org/.../java_downloader.exe  (865f6e72e5dbf86cc23cb602e2f7f0fb)

6 / 68      (Adware)
http://zdl.downloadzone.org/.../java_setup.exe  (9fd77f869010036d2650da71cfb05abf)

The following websites host and distribute files published by DOWNLOADZONE.

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

30 of 44 publishers

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to DOWNLOADZONE by COMODO CA Limited on September 11, 2013 with the serial number '009b24c5aab5a6d4fed7e156750e71003d'.