Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by Gridinsoft, LLC? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll typically see Gridinsoft, LLC when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view additional details from the Gridinsoft, LLC certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Gridinsoft, LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Gridinsoft, LLC 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 examine the address for Gridinsoft, LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Gridinsoft, LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the Gridinsoft, LLC files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/54 | gridinsoft-antimalware.exe |
1/62 | Au_.exe |
1/67 | $RHSAH9A.exe |
2/56 | Au_.exe |
3/54 | Au_.exe |
1/55 | Au_.exe |
1/56 | uninst.exe |
1/64 | Au_.exe |
0/54 | fairy.dll |
0/66 | f_001245 |
0/55 | TrojanKillerInstallerST.exe |
0/56 | Au_.exe |
0/56 | gsam2S.exe |
0/57 | TrojanKiller-Setup.exe |
0/53 | Au_.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Gridinsoft, LLC 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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Jiangmin | WebToolbar.Agent.xg |
McAfee-GW-Edition | BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious.dh, BehavesLike.Win32.Tool.dh |
Rising | PE:Malware.Generic(Thunder)!1.A1C4 [F] |
SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
Zillya | Downloader.Mazel.Win32.3147 |
nProtect | Trojan-Dropper/W32.Agent.245584 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 1658 scan results for the Gridinsoft, LLC files. 11 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of Gridinsoft, LLC. These are the signer names:
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: