Digital Advertising Alliance - 0.463% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Digital Advertising Alliance? If that's the case, please read on.

You'll typically see Digital Advertising Alliance when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Digital Advertising Alliance appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the additional details from the Digital Advertising Alliance digital signature with the following steps:

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

Here's a screengrab of a file signed by Digital Advertising Alliance:

Screenshot of the Digital Advertising Alliance certificate

As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Digital Advertising Alliance and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, etc. You can also see the address for Digital Advertising Alliance, such as the street name, city and country.

DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 and DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA has issued the Digital Advertising Alliance certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Digital Advertising Alliance Files

These are the Digital Advertising Alliance files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
1/50pmc.dll
0/45pmc.dll
0/56pmc.dll
0/65pmc.dll

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Digital Advertising Alliance files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
EmsisoftWin32.Almanahe.D (B)

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 216 scan results for the Digital Advertising Alliance files. 1 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

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

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