SquareTrace

Publisher Information

SquareTrace is a brand of the Sambreel/Yontoo group, a web advertising company located in Carlsbad, CA. It is part of the Yontoo/Sambreel group and distributes web browser add-ons, typically potentially unwanted and adware in nature, that are designed to modify a user's typical search beahvior as well as display context and popup advertising. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/22/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SquareTrace, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SquareTrace, 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:
4027b3229b75288d1ac721a6280c2270

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Yontoo.SquareTrace, PUP.Yontoo.Installer
100.00%

VIPRE Antivirus
Yontoo, Threat.4150696
100.00%

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP], BrowseFox-D [PUP]
100.00%

Dr.Web
Trojan.BPlug.28, infected with Trojan.Siggen6.31097, infected with Trojan.Yontoo.471
100.00%

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent, NSIS.Application.BrowseFox
100.00%

AVG
Adware BrowseFox.F, Could be an adware BrowseFox
100.00%

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.BHO.Agent.4
66.67%

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SquareTrace.A
66.67%

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
66.67%

F-Prot
W32/BadBHO.AW.gen
66.67%

25 / 68    (Adware)
setup.exe  (c21653387b551b629fff3bf25ec6d2d8)

11 / 68    (Adware)
squaretracesetup.exe  (eaa16d9a7284ae49e13c37c5043f8bba)

23 / 68    (Adware)
squaretracebho.dll (SquareTrace)  (cdafc2a1643fabcf6ad654034d0c2673)

The following certificate is also signed by SquareTrace.

5A93A4B02B9D89D8F513615FE2635EC5  (Jan 05, 2015 to Mar 05, 2016)

The following publishers (by Authenticode signature organization name) are related.

30 of 134 publishers

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to SquareTrace by VeriSign, Inc. on January 22, 2014 with the serial number '4027b3229b75288d1ac721a6280c2270'.