SparkTrust Systems

Publisher Information

SparkTrust Systems is a software publisher located in Canada*. Owned and operated by parent company Paretologic Inc., SparkTrust distributes a line of security products and technical support. While the software is not malicious and the company does not engage in malvertising, it deploys a number of aggressive advertising practices that could mislead users into thinking the software is free. Thre are 6 additional code signing certificates issued to this publisher.
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/4/2013 10:17:59 AM

Valid to:
4/4/2014 3:00:13 PM

Subject:
CN=SparkTrust Systems, O=SparkTrust Systems, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112188e80872cb93aad5f8d9ba185623cfa1

Status:
Inconclusive detections from multiple engines

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SparkTrust.Installer.Meta (L), PUP.SparkTrust (L)
66.67%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0925
16.67%

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
16.67%

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
16.67%

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1 / 68      (PUP)
sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe (by SparkTrust)  (2768da796047d27002243d9dfc641353)

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utility.pxt  (441ed3e6f3dfcf79067ed1357eb1c410)

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reghookspecialist.pxt  (0ec58acf80e5932b43641c041d26fe7a)

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commonspecialist.pxt  (25c0421755f30cab6cba04ff3e527896)

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commonloggingextension.pxt  (cb0ad2f2babf472ffb49619b94ed7c05)

1 / 68      (PUP)
sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe (by SparkTrust)  (6ebdbb7341df0e3f2943578b424d78ff)

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Update3.exe (SparkTrust Systems)  (fd0ec3af78e8b6376670b307a7271d32)

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UUS3.dll (SparkTrust Systems)  (24836731a649986146b68446fe0761c8)

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Update3.exe (SparkTrust Systems)  (9726504d735ec4a30dfac5242108ff95)

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update.exe (SparkTrust AntiVirus by SparkTrust)  (a50afcfdadb5ee333f136bc08bec9d5c)

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sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe  (a5f7eea4bf4de859b007cf9436ee7164)

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uninstall.exe (SparkTrust PC Cleaner Plus by SparkTrust)  (ad2a7af50893a24c8dc91113b4e24880)

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sandboxer.dll (SandBoxer Module by ParetoLogic)  (91f57d5e6ca46b5ed7ce0063aceae296)

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HandleUpdate.dll (PGsurfer by Paretologic)  (34fc08a1eba95e85840d259f61593e7c)

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extensionmanager.dll (Extensio Dynamic Link Library)  (a5a135fb17021ef1bcf1a79a574bcccb)

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update.exe (by SparkTrust)  (8656799162170c19b9cb4baf55741f8c)

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UUS3.dll (SparkTrust Systems)  (ee46d5a591eb00400c16c621fb3617db)

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Update3.exe (SparkTrust Systems)  (b00703f15789f38624d5f496d670efa9)

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update.exe (by SparkTrust)  (c4fa357183a11769f9d6fcd71e2d4e76)

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uninstall.exe (SparkTrust PC Cleaner Plus by SparkTrust)  (c6e60518f25884f4585039c04cdb527f)

1 / 68      (PUP)
sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe (by SparkTrust)  (c767dd89723daf336a47c8337b6d3fa6)

1 / 68      (inconclusive)
utility.pxt  (f6d9f24100fb9fd63efa2bd1eff6de8f)

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reghookspecialist.pxt  (c4889360cd9907136aa6c9fa6dc68543)

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commonspecialist.pxt  (617668b3af66140da9f49a8ccc79fd0c)

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commonloggingextension.pxt  (9bb6b5fc1aba9d462fb22e90b3a32da3)

2 / 68      (PUP)
sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe (by SparkTrust)  (3561c14cd7c2108606427177449002f9)

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uninstall.exe (SparkTrust PC Cleaner Plus by SparkTrust)  (183c9f1c42ae7743ea87e278e2bba242)

 
Latest 30 of 187 files

Downloads URLs for files signed by SparkTrust Systems.

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http://spark.sparktrust.revenuewire.net/.../download  (sparktrust pc cleaner plus setup.exe)

The certificates below are also signed by SparkTrust Systems.

0983629AA07BE870169450E9D7A2DD60  (Mar 21, 2016 to Apr 26, 2017)

066781E7E45D8F4E89554653E7588DC8  (Mar 28, 2016 to Apr 03, 2017)

0EA97AEE3B0478F85B16CC088A3FEE76  (Mar 30, 2015 to Apr 06, 2016)

11214A22102B3F8D9B3320FCC3E344F51BF7  (Sep 26, 2014 to May 05, 2015)

1121C0CB3BE6807F342110BD53EF2AFEF110  (Apr 01, 2014 to May 05, 2015)

6721AA8E38EBDD08EE5D7C8980DD99D7  (Mar 26, 2012 to Mar 28, 2013)

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 SparkTrust Systems by GlobalSign nv-sa on April 04, 2013 with the serial number '112188e80872cb93aad5f8d9ba185623cfa1'.