Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Bit Guardian GmbH? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Malicious and Program.Unwanted.4429. The detection rate for the Bit Guardian GmbH files collected here is 6%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Bit Guardian GmbH 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 Bit Guardian GmbH certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Bit Guardian GmbH:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Bit Guardian GmbH and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, and so on. You can also view the address for Bit Guardian GmbH, such as the street name, city and country.
Sectigo RSA Extended Validation Code Signing CA has issued the Bit Guardian GmbH certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Bit Guardian GmbH files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/70 | agpsetup.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Bit Guardian GmbH 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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APEX | Malicious |
DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.4429 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/GT32SupportGeeks.X potentially unwanted |
Webroot | W32.Adware.Gen |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 70 scan results for the Bit Guardian GmbH files. 4 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: