Did you just download a file that has been digitally signed by dotPDN LLC and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll probably see dotPDN LLC when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the dotPDN LLC certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by dotPDN LLC:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by dotPDN LLC 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 view the address for dotPDN LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA, UTN-USERFirst-Object and COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the dotPDN LLC certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the dotPDN LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
---|---|
0/47 | PdnRepair.exe |
0/48 | PaintDotNet.exe |
0/54 | WiaProxy32.exe |
0/60 | PaintDotNet.exe |
0/54 | PdnRepair.exe |
0/55 | SetupNgen.exe |
0/56 | PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Native.x86.dll |
0/56 | PaintDotNet.exe |
0/72 | UpdateMonitor.exe |
0/71 | PaintDotNet.exe |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 642 scan results for the dotPDN LLC files. 0 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.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of dotPDN LLC. These are the signer names:
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
Sorry but I am not very savvy with IT dialogs and Computing language.
all I am looking for or try to understand is ::
IS IT SAFE TO DOWNLOAD Paint.net FROM (dotPDN LLC) OR NOT ???
Thank you most obliged
# 15 Mar 2017, 16:41
Val Parks writes