Did you just run into a file that has a digital signature from Athena Smartcard Solutions? If so, please read on.
You will typically notice Athena Smartcard Solutions 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 the digital signature details for Athena Smartcard Solutions with the following procedure:
Here is a screengrab of a file digitally signed by Athena Smartcard Solutions:
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 Athena Smartcard Solutions and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 Athena Smartcard Solutions, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Athena Smartcard Solutions certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Athena Smartcard Solutions files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/65 | IDProtect Monitor.exe |
2/73 | IDProtect Monitor.exe |
0/42 | IDProtect Monitor.exe |
0/57 | IDProtect Monitor.exe |
0/56 | lasermd.dll |
0/40 | LASERToken.dll |
0/56 | aseVCapi.dll |
Here's the detection names for the Athena Smartcard Solutions 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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Qihoo-360 | Trojan.Generic |
Zillya | Adware.OutBrowseCRTD.Win32.10608 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 389 scan reports for the Athena Smartcard Solutions files. 3 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: