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:

You can view the digital signature details for Gen Digital Inc. with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Gen Digital 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 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.
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 Ratio | File 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 available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | CCleanerBugReport.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner64.exe |
| Not available | AvastSvc.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner64.exe |
| Not available | CCleanerBugReport.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | CCleaner.exe |
| Not available | aswhook.dll |
| Not available | aswhook.dll |
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: