Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from BioWare? If that's the case, please read on.
You will probably notice BioWare when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the additional details from the BioWare digital signature with the following procedure:
Here's a screengrab of a file signed by BioWare:
As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by BioWare and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine 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 examine the address for BioWare, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the BioWare certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the BioWare files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/69 | Au_.exe |
0/61 | autorun.exe |
0/57 | daupdatersvc.service.exe |
Here is the detection names for the BioWare 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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APEX | Malicious |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 187 scan results for the BioWare files. 1 of these scan reports 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 is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: