Did you just download a file that has been digitally signed by Electronic Arts, Inc. and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically notice Electronic Arts, Inc. 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 additional details from the Electronic Arts, Inc. certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Electronic Arts, Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Electronic Arts, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see 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 Electronic Arts, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1 has issued the Electronic Arts, Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Electronic Arts, Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from Electronic Arts, Inc. as safe, which means that the Electronic Arts, Inc. files will appear with a green background and that there is no removal checkbox for the file. However, as you can see in the scan results below, a few of the anti-virus scanners detects the Electronic Arts, Inc. file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Electronic Arts, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/52 | OriginCrashReporter.exe |
1/72 | Origin.exe |
1/68 | Origin.exe |
1/68 | originwebhelperservice.exe |
0/54 | igoproxy64.exe |
0/56 | IGOProxy.exe |
0/57 | OriginWebHelperService.exe |
0/49 | EAProxyInstaller.exe |
0/47 | igo64.dll |
0/55 | UpdateTool.exe |
0/48 | OriginClientService.exe |
0/46 | OriginUninstall.exe |
0/53 | originwebhelperservice.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Electronic Arts, Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
As mentioned above, I think these detections are false positives since it is very unlikely that Electronic Arts, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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ByteHero | Trojan.Malware.Obscu.Gen.001 |
Jiangmin | Trojan.Agent.ccuj |
eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_100% |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 4328 scan reports for the Electronic Arts, Inc. files. 4 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. 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: