Blinkx

Publisher Information

Blinkx is a software publisher located in San Francisco, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/13/2008 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/14/2011 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Blinkx, OU=Blinkx, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Blinkx, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5a782be720091aa3168a3d042724408f

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Blinkx.W, PUP.Toolbar.Blinkx.Q, PUP.Toolbar.Blinkx.S, PUP.Blinkx.O, PUP.Installer.Blinkx.U, PUP.Blinkx.G, PUP.Blinkx (M), PUP.Blinkx.Installer (M), PUP (M)
100.00%

McAfee
Artemis!5A535280BD4D, Adware-HotBar.b, Artemis!17DF5BFCA9E2
21.05%

Fortinet FortiGate
Misc/PUP, Riskware/PUP, Adware/Hotbar
21.05%

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Dropper!6.3CE, PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.12553CB7!307575991
15.79%

Agnitum Outpost
TrojanSpy.Agent, Adware.Rugo.Gen.5
15.79%

Sophos
BlinkX, Hotbar-Installer
10.53%

Bkav FE
W32.TXemaF.Trojan, W32.HotBarAI.Adware
10.53%

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-AppCare/Xema.264448, Adware/Win32.Hotbar
10.53%

Panda Antivirus
Adware/SearchHook
5.26%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0519
5.26%

1 / 68      (Adware)
setup.exe (Setup by blinkx)  (9c4a334d3dd60dbb33048158c550ffd0)

1 / 68      (Adware)
Setup.exe (Setup by blinkx)  (02fd5e1698eb20b2936034209b4d03ac)

1 / 68      (Adware)
blinkxbeat.com.exe  (17db4bf898cbbf3f6a0555e4de3f0a48)

1 / 68      (Adware)
the_blinkx_toolbar.dll  (947d53c9678623f36c915b131ca02498)

1 / 68      (Adware)
clickpotatoinstaller.exe  (e2aecfca0c24eb6600ccc7bd433e0721)

1 / 68      (Adware)
clickpotatoinstaller.exe  (359410cc77e4999a012901cc072e439e)

1 / 68      (Adware)
5e1ec5274131928aef5cc98090153be4_364408.npb  (5e1ec5274131928aef5cc98090153be4)

1 / 68      (Adware)
blinkx_remote_toolbar.exe  (3543241210a6fb6290bb18f60698f538)

1 / 68      (Adware)
saifa3f.exe  (9258749edb08caba44cc5a0cd58b6501)

1 / 68      (Adware)
blinkx_video_toolbar_video01ask_video01ask.exe  (fac08cc72fce8424d62b82dc2c921313)

1 / 68      (Adware)
blinkxbeat.com.exe  (b37d2f5fcb49c0652dfa9d8a38069c04)

5 / 68      (Adware)
blinkx_remote_toolbar.exe  (17df5bfca9e2d10c793d53a7306e9dd8)

1 / 68      (Adware)
the_blinkx_bho.dll  (cf4b9eabaca990f1ba9299d505bc1526)

1 / 68      (Adware)
sb_bho.dll (Cheep by blinkx)  (35808d8a0aca3831527c8f3a222ad69e)

30 / 68    (Adware)
clickpotatoinstaller.exe  (a4ab63e03abddf2b8f177acd9356e3fb)

6 / 68      (Adware)
blinkx_toolbar.exe  (fa22c1c440de463615016fa7e08b3a4b)

4 / 68      (Adware)
the_blinkx_toolbar.dll  (39b6fb6c606ccb69ff6afc1271f1aaff)

4 / 68      (Adware)
the_blinkx_shook.dll (SearchHook Module)  (5a535280bd4d472fe08bfd1bdd64d7db)

3 / 68      (Adware)
blinkx_beat-1.5.0-cmp-is.exe  (e244f1467008fd937d21f68cdc12b22d)

Downloads URLs for files signed by Blinkx.

3 / 68      (Adware)

3 / 68      (Adware)

The following websites host and distribute files published by Blinkx.

The following certificate is also signed by Blinkx.

410DBE507419B199FB304EA092CD44BB  (Apr 25, 2011 to Apr 25, 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 Blinkx by VeriSign, Inc. on May 13, 2008 with the serial number '5a782be720091aa3168a3d042724408f'.