Did you just download a file that has a digital signature from AOL Inc. and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically see AOL Inc. when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the AOL Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by AOL Inc.:
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 AOL Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 AOL Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
AOL Member CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, Entrust Code Signing CA - OVCS1 and Entrust Code Signing Certification Authority - L1D has issued the AOL Inc. 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 AOL Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/48 | dnu.exe |
1/46 | winamptb.dll |
1/57 | UDD13B0.tmp |
1/40 | RunOnce.exe |
1/67 | DesktopGoldMAPI.dll |
0/48 | AOLSoftware.exe |
0/57 | AolBrowserTab.exe |
0/47 | UDD12E1.tmp |
0/54 | UDD20AF.tmp |
0/56 | SentryBayCrashHandler.exe |
0/48 | aolbrowser.exe |
0/44 | aoltb.dll |
0/65 | AolTrayApp.exe |
0/47 | SentryBayCrashHandler.exe |
0/66 | SentryBayCrashHandler.exe |
Here's the detection names for the AOL Inc. 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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AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.ELEX.C1748916 |
Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.FakeAV, GrayWare[AdWare:not-a-virus]/Win64.AdPeak, Worm/Win32.Otwycal.gen |
Jiangmin | Win32/Virut.bn |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 6658 scan reports for the AOL Inc. files. 5 of these scan reports 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: