Motoko Group
Publisher Information
Motoko Group is a software publisher located in Nicosia, Cyprus in CY*. The company is a primary distributor of unwanted software. Part of the Brightcircle group of adware web browser extensions that utilize the Crossrider framework. These extensions are also known as Freven and are designed to utilize the framework in order to inject advertising banners in the underlying web browsers white space or by overlaying new ads over existing ones. Brightcircle distributes its software through malvertising practices such as displaying web pages taht tell the user that various core Windows software is out-dated and needs updating as well as drive-by downloads.
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited
Valid from:
7/18/2014 2:00:00 AM
Valid to:
7/19/2015 1:59:59 AM
Subject:
CN=Motoko Group, O=Motoko Group, STREET=Athinodorou 3, STREET=Dasoupoli Strovolos, L=Nicosia, S=Cyprus, PostalCode=2025, C=CY
Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB
Serial number:
00aafc4f8011f7fd7c00748c990950d28a
Scanner detections:
Detections (100% detected)
Scan engine
Details
Detections
Reason Heuristics
PUP.Brightcircle (M), Adware.Crossrider (M), PUP.Brightcircle.Installer
100.00%
Downloads URLs for files signed by Motoko Group.
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 Motoko Group by COMODO CA Limited on July 18, 2014 with the serial number '00aafc4f8011f7fd7c00748c990950d28a'.