Parallel Lines Development, LLC

Publisher Information

Parallel Lines Development, LLC is a software developer located in San Diego, California in the United States*. Parallel Lines is an adware/malware distributor of ad-supported bundled software such as WebShield and InternetUpdater run by Steve Iverson located at 10606 Camino Ruiz. San Diego CA 92126 and 40 Grand Ave, Carlsbad, CA 92008. The company is/patners with various other adware publishers under the same team including Creative Island Media, Data Beat Solutions, and Western Web Applications. The primary application that publisher distributes is web browser extesnsions that are bundled by 3rd-party download managers. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Parallel Lines Development, LLC", L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5942feb110ede4092448c0aa0969cd7f

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParallelLinesDevelopment.J, PUP.ParallelLinesDevelopment.Z, PUP.Service.ParallelLinesDevelopment.Q, PUP.ParallelLinesDevelopment.L
100.00%

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
80.00%

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate (variant)
60.00%

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.fb2, Win32/Trojan.Adware.fdf, Win32/Trojan.Adware.988
60.00%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.MultiExtension.A, PUP.Optional.WebShield
40.00%

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0419
40.00%

Dr.Web
Adware.Plugin.181, Adware.Plugin.175
40.00%

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/PullUpdate
40.00%

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.PullUpdate
20.00%

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Adware.PullUpdate.D application
20.00%

1 / 68      (Adware)
webshield.384b48e6dc83.2.6.78.dll  (8a095cdc67642c230b2e44fbf24a36d0)

7 / 68      (Adware)

9 / 68      (Adware)

4 / 68      (Adware)
webshield.384b48e6dc83.2.6.78.dll  (609f0b51e382dce992045a61479de05b)

8 / 68      (Adware)
WebShield.exe (Web Shield by Parallel Lines Development)  (552ad69a80b303b28dfd8cb93f0ef7b5)

Top-level domains owned by Parallel Lines Development, LLC.

The following certificate is also signed by Parallel Lines Development, LLC.

064A26D7B85E090E11BEBC6B460594A8  (Jun 05, 2013 to Jun 06, 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 Parallel Lines Development, LLC by VeriSign, Inc. on April 09, 2014 with the serial number '5942feb110ede4092448c0aa0969cd7f'.