Yakov Cohen
Publisher Information
Yakov Cohen 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. Yakov Cohen 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 Yakov Cohen 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:
8/1/2012 9:00:00 PM
Valid to:
8/2/2013 8:59:59 PM
Subject:
CN=Yakov Cohen, O=Yakov Cohen, STREET=Rodenski 10, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=69360, C=IL
Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB
Serial number:
009af809f48bc879375be578151d15c51c
Scanner detections:
Detections (100% detected)
Scan engine
Details
Detections
Reason Heuristics
Adware (M), PUP.WebPick (M)
100.00%
Downloads URLs for files signed by Yakov Cohen.
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 Yakov Cohen by COMODO CA Limited on August 01, 2012 with the serial number '009af809f48bc879375be578151d15c51c'.