BullGuard Ltd. - 0.033% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by BullGuard Ltd. and wonder if the file is safe? If so, please read on.

You'll typically notice BullGuard Ltd. when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can view the additional details from the BullGuard Ltd. digital signature with the following steps:

1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the BullGuard Ltd. file
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by BullGuard Ltd.:

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by BullGuard Ltd. and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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, etc. You can also see the address for BullGuard Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.

GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, GlobalSign ObjectSign CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the BullGuard Ltd. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

BullGuard Ltd. Files

The following are the BullGuard Ltd. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from BullGuard Ltd. as trusted, which means that the BullGuard Ltd. files will appear with a green background and that there is no removal checkbox for the file. However, as you can see in the scan results below, a few of the anti-virus scanners detects the BullGuard Ltd. file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that BullGuard Ltd. would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the BullGuard Ltd. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are incorrect since it is very unlikely that BullGuard Ltd. would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 6025 scan results for the BullGuard Ltd. files. 2 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of BullGuard Ltd.. These are the signer names:

• BullGuard Ltd.
• Bullguard Ltd.

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 11215f21a71b97b71413d7abe170135e2b7e
• 0100000000012bf24a453e
• 56155cc8ce8ebfa72f6bf30d6bf32ae6
• 40a3b9bc8d3c13582a02f656f73d8f22

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