Highlightly

Publisher Information

Highlightly is a software developer located in La Jolla, California in the United States*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Highlightly is a DBA company of InfoAtoms Inc. and is designed to inject various forms of advertising in the user's web browser. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/12/2014 1:03:11 PM

Valid to:
7/5/2015 1:25:40 PM

Subject:
E=support@gethighlightly.com, CN=Highlightly, OU=Highlightly, O=Highlightly, L=La Jolla, S=CA, C=US

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

Serial number:
11212bbbe8825e5c9a20b6a396bbfd1c37fb

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Highlightly.F, PUP.Highlightly.I, PUP.Highlightly.T, PUP.Installer.Highlightly.L
100.00%

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.AdPage.A, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian.B
66.67%

nProtect
Adware.AdPage.A, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian.B
66.67%

Bitdefender
Adware.AdPage.A, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian.B
66.67%

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.AdPage.A, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian.B
66.67%

F-Secure
Adware.AdPage.A, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian.B
66.67%

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.AdPage, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian
66.67%

G Data
Adware.AdPage, Adware.Agent.NYA, Adware.Vitruvian
66.67%

VIPRE Antivirus
InfoAtoms, Backdoor.Win32.Bifrose.fsi
50.00%

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Plugin.csnyel, Trojan.Win32.Plugin.cumlto
50.00%

12 / 68    (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hlnfd.sys (Highlightly Driver x64 by Highlightly)  (b51cb4ce63715b4d3e606f59c858ec11)

15 / 68    (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hlnfd.sys (Highlightly Driver x86 by Highlightly)  (51596554fc5a9df82827c806c142c730)

16 / 68    (Adware)
hlsvc.exe (Highlightly Client Service by Highlightly)  (b9ca10e2bc1ede0ab81721099dacdc19)

2 / 68      (Adware)
hlnfd.sys (Highlightly Driver x64 by Highlightly)  (53638dc93035f29dfe05daec21ea9a99)

13 / 68    (Adware)
gknqjtyk.acz.exe (Highlightly)  (9792b59d99cb4c7fb638732d0eaf315d)

12 / 68    (Adware)

12 / 68    (Adware)
fhgi4dy1.1gs.exe (Highlightly)  (a7b1dac257de77edecbe58ce779069a5)

15 / 68    (Adware)

1 / 68      (Adware)
hlnfd.sys (Highlightly Driver x86 by Highlightly)  (cac64f0cf2703ce3bbf068326c79c12d)

16 / 68    (Adware)
hlsvc.exe (Highlightly Client Service by Highlightly)  (d19706b73259a0fa8aef5ac1479c6062)

Downloads URLs for files signed by Highlightly.

13 / 68    (Adware)

The following websites host and distribute files published by Highlightly.

The following certificate is also signed by Highlightly.

1121971480A12BD051AA09DCE9072375C4F7  (Jun 03, 2013 to Jun 04, 2014)

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 Highlightly by GlobalSign nv-sa on March 12, 2014 with the serial number '11212bbbe8825e5c9a20b6a396bbfd1c37fb'.