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Word Anchor

Publisher Information

Word Anchor is a software developer located in San Diego, California in the United States*. A majority of the programs developed by the company can be classified as adware or other potentially unwanted programs.
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/22/2015 10:03:04 PM

Valid to:
5/22/2017 10:03:04 PM

Subject:
E=support@wordanchorapp.com, CN=Word Anchor, O=Word Anchor, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

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

Serial number:
1121881197a2243e556a1a11a1d4b17ae0a0

Scanner detections:
Detections  (97% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WordAnchor.Installer (M), Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP, PUP.InfoAtoms.WordAnch.Installer (M), PUP.InfoAtoms.WordAnch (M), PUP.InfoAtoms (M)
50.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Vitruvian (variant), Win64/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe (variant), Win32/NetFilter.A potentially unsafe (variant)
46.67%

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.1011, Threat.Undefined, Adware.Plugin.274, Adware.Popad.10, Adware.Plugin.1108, Adware.Plugin.1137
43.33%

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Vitruvian.P
43.33%

nProtect
Adware.Vitruvian.P
43.33%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.WordAnchor.A
43.33%

Bitdefender
Adware.Vitruvian.P
43.33%

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Vitruvian.P
43.33%

G Data
Adware.Vitruvian
43.33%

Arcabit
Adware.Vitruvian.P
40.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (b9f5c55f88e78938e469e0a15e1659be)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (ad318113abdeb638df6342f41b1f1cfb)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (2ebe48b4fbffc235e02ca3b4d117349e)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (WA)  (cb7f1de01c7f98deca64ab16e2b85049)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (a9fe0a91e3aff52c18708cf365e4713d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (a9fe0a91e3aff52c18708cf365e4713d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (WA)  (12dc0335e67976f4c8f29bc79bbadb5d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (WA)  (a56313c54237f01c84ff513fb42652c5)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (828429e2ca4dd5925044e5262fa97b72)

1 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (828429e2ca4dd5925044e5262fa97b72)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe  (a0199a5863a93e6be8a6ecd76175dd2e)

13 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_vt_1_10_0_20.sys (WA TDI Driver x86 by WA)  (f0fc7119c260967776654aef2de49e1a)

12 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_vw_1_10_0_20.sys (WA WFP Driver x86 by WA)  (0be1ee263808b2db3872197479ed24c7)

11 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_vw_1_10_0_20.sys (WA WFP Driver x64 by WA)  (0b7bb6e28499549a5e2b456d2ec5f056)

13 / 68    (PUP)
wordanchor-setup-1.10.0.20.exe (WA)  (14f734ef0669508f4d0ab59404f5bb6d)

11 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_vt_1_10_0_20.sys (WA TDI Driver x64 by WA)  (1f8f15014627bf0f31cb7994eed39a13)

22 / 68    (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (a9fe0a91e3aff52c18708cf365e4713d)

9 / 68      (PUP)
wordanchor-setup.exe (WA)  (5ae8d82e1d239e2b8909cddb37e97e7f)

10 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_1_10_0_19.sys (WA WFP Driver x86 by WA)  (c7863523ff286b65eec24defc3124904)

12 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_1_10_0_19.sys (WA WFP Driver x64 by WA)  (d3302581b6bb54d54bbf47762b9ce9b7)

15 / 68    (PUP)
wordanchor-setup-1.10.0.19.exe (WA)  (efff492213b2398c2c0cc675311fcd23)

10 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_1_10_0_19.sys (WA TDI Driver x64 by WA)  (aaf3fe277a046fce9accdbbaffb0dc08)

10 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_1_10_0_19.sys (WA TDI Driver x86 by WA)  (afe448f868ce9216d00b2723415dd278)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (WA)  (8f22e620077e741713b7716848374bb1)

15 / 68    (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (2ebe48b4fbffc235e02ca3b4d117349e)

10 / 68    (PUP)
wafd_1_10_0_18.sys (WA Driver x86 by WA)  (140ff6dadaca2f973631f6f2cc502bc2)

5 / 68      (inconclusive)
wafd_1_10_0_18.sys (WA Driver x64 by WA)  (0bc8114b3ff5b8d427762a5ee7bfb935)

1 / 68      (PUP)
uninstall.exe (WA)  (35c61376086d4eb726f3e4315798836d)

9 / 68      (PUP)
wordanchor-setup-1.10.0.18.exe (WA)  (e0715fc2a219758fea199beb9f988b46)

6 / 68      (PUP)
wasvc.exe (WA Client Service by WA)  (ad318113abdeb638df6342f41b1f1cfb)

 
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* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Word Anchor by GlobalSign nv-sa on May 22, 2015 with the serial number '1121881197a2243e556a1a11a1d4b17ae0a0'.
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