Stardock Corporation - 0.064% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that has been digitally signed by Stardock Corporation and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.

You will typically see Stardock Corporation when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

You can view additional details from the Stardock Corporation certificate with the following steps:

1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Stardock Corporation file
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Stardock Corporation:

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Stardock Corporation and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, etc. You can also see the address for Stardock Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.

COMODO Code Signing CA 2, Thawte Code Signing CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and UTN-USERFirst-Object has issued the Stardock Corporation certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Stardock Corporation Files

The following are the Stardock Corporation files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Stardock Corporation as trusted, which means that the Stardock Corporation files will appear with a green background and that there's 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 Stardock Corporation file(s). My guess is that those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Stardock Corporation would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Stardock Corporation 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 incorrect since it is very unlikely that Stardock Corporation would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 3138 scan reports for the Stardock Corporation files. 2 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.

Analysis Details

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 4c2da30d1e210459d4c5f57bbb91964e
• 21d2bd
• 40a534aeb6e1065d407e4bdd6b0485ea
• 41af54478ccac5d7f4a2b36ede8ef602
• 5289e37a80c2a8a68b8d964e153aae38

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