Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Foxit Corporation? If so, please read on.
You will probably notice Foxit Corporation when 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 Foxit Corporation certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Foxit Corporation:
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 Foxit Corporation 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 examine the address for Foxit Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.
Starfield Secure Certification Authority and Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority has issued the Foxit Corporation certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Foxit Corporation files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/52 | OpenCandy.exe |
0/49 | FCUpdateService.exe |
0/47 | CountInstallation.exe |
0/54 | ConvertToPDFShellExtension_x64.dll |
0/55 | ConvertToPDFShellExtension_x64.dll |
0/53 | FCUpdateService.exe |
0/42 | FOXITR~1.OCX |
0/47 | frdvpr_ui.dll |
0/49 | FXC_ProxyProcess.exe |
0/50 | fcupdateservice.exe |
0/48 | Checkupdate.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Foxit Corporation files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.A |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1822 scan results for the Foxit Corporation files. 1 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. 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: