Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Akeo Consulting? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll typically notice Akeo Consulting when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the additional details from the Akeo Consulting digital signature with the following steps:
Here is a screencap of a file digitally signed by Akeo Consulting:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Akeo Consulting and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also see the address for Akeo Consulting, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the Akeo Consulting certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Akeo Consulting files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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3/57 | rufus_v1.3.4.exe |
1/66 | rufus-2.18.exe |
0/53 | rufus-1.4.7.exe |
0/55 | rufus-2.7p.exe |
0/51 | Rufus 2.9.exe |
0/56 | rufus-2.10.exe |
0/57 | rufus-2.11.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Akeo Consulting files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 000302ae1 ) |
K7GW | Trojan ( 000302ae1 ) |
Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1580D2D3!360764115 |
Yandex | Trojan.Agent!963RQDEesKQ |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 395 scan results for the Akeo Consulting files. 4 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: