Gen Digital Inc. Publisher Overview

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Gen Digital Inc.? If so, please read on.

You will probably see Gen Digital Inc. when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Gen Digital Inc. appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Gen Digital Inc. with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Gen Digital Inc.:

Screenshot of the Gen Digital Inc. certificate

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 Gen Digital Inc. 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, etc. You can also see the address for Gen Digital Inc., such as the street name, city and country.

DigiCert Trusted G4 Code Signing RSA4096 SHA384 2021 CA1 and Sectigo Public Code Signing CA R36 has issued the Gen Digital Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.

Gen Digital Inc. Files

The following are the Gen Digital Inc. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.At the moment there's no scan result available for any of the Gen Digital Inc. files, but they have been queued for scanning. Please reload this page in 5-10 minutes to check if the scan result is available.

Detection RatioFile Name
Queued for scan..CCUpdate.exe
Queued for scan..icarus_rvrt.exe
Queued for scan..CCleanerPerformanceOptimizerService.exe
Queued for scan..wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe
Queued for scan..wa_3rd_party_host_32.exe
Queued for scan..AvLaunch.exe
Queued for scan..aswhook.dll
Queued for scan..avgBoot.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableCCleanerBugReport.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableCCleaner64.exe
Not availableAvastSvc.exe
Not availableCCleaner64.exe
Not availableCCleanerBugReport.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableCCleaner.exe
Not availableaswhook.dll
Not availableaswhook.dll

Analysis Details

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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