Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by DigitalPersona, Inc.? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll typically see DigitalPersona, Inc. when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the DigitalPersona, Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screengrab of a file signed by DigitalPersona, Inc.:
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 DigitalPersona, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
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, etc. You can also view the address for DigitalPersona, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the DigitalPersona, Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the DigitalPersona, Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from DigitalPersona, Inc. as trusted, which means that the DigitalPersona, Inc. 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 DigitalPersona, Inc. file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that DigitalPersona, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/50 | DPPassFilter.DLL |
1/68 | DPAgent.exe |
0/49 | DPAgent.exe |
0/47 | DPAgent.exe |
0/48 | DPAgent.exe |
0/43 | DpHostW.exe |
0/46 | DPFPApi.DLL |
0/50 | DPAgent.exe |
0/43 | DpOtsPluginIe8.dll |
0/43 | DPAgent.exe |
0/51 | DPAgent.exe |
0/51 | DPAgent.exe |
Here's the detection names for the DigitalPersona, Inc. 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 DigitalPersona, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Baidu-International | [05:15:20] |
Jiangmin | Trojan.Generic.fnatr |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 17273 scan reports for the DigitalPersona, Inc. files. 2 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: