Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG? If that's the case, please read on.
You will probably see Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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 view the address for Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/46 | AHDDC2_Service.exe |
1/68 | NetClick.exe |
1/51 | CONTEX~1.DLL |
1/68 | HDDC3Guard.exe |
2/46 | autostarter.exe |
2/52 | UI5Guard.exe |
1/43 | GLF7BGLF7B.EXE |
1/53 | _iu14D2N.tmp |
1/55 | AAV_Guard.exe |
1/71 | livetunerservice.exe |
0/54 | livetuner64.sys |
0/47 | act2service.exe |
0/55 | ifs64.sys |
0/67 | backupClient-abpb.exe |
0/56 | LiveTuner.exe |
0/55 | aav_service_vista.exe |
0/55 | autorun.exe |
0/56 | HDDC3Service.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AhnLab-V3 | Win-Adware/VirtualBouncer |
Antiy-AVL | GrayWare[AdWare]/Win32.Ymeta.a |
ByteHero | Trojan.Malware.Obscu.Gen.001 |
CMC | Packed.Win32.Obfuscated.10!O |
Cylance | Unsafe |
Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Genome |
Jiangmin | Trojan/Generic.azjmf |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.PQwick |
Symantec | Suspicious.AD |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_GEN.F47V0207 |
eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_99% |
eSafe | Win32.TrojanHorse |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 3991 scan reports for the Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG files. 12 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view 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 Ashampoo GmbH & Co. KG. These are the signer names:
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: