Intuit Inc. - 0.6% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a file that has been digitally signed by Intuit Inc.? If so, please read on.
You will probably see Intuit 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 additional details from the Intuit Inc. certificate with the following steps:
- Open Windows Explorer and locate the Intuit Inc. file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Intuit Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Intuit Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Intuit Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Intuit Inc. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
Intuit Inc. Files
The following are the Intuit Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/49 | qbposdbservice.exe |
| 2/55 | setup.exe |
| 1/71 | qw.exe |
| 1/57 | TurboTax.exe |
| 0/57 | setup.exe |
| 0/50 | setup.exe |
| 0/46 | TurboTax.exe |
| 0/66 | setup.exe |
| 0/47 | autorun.exe |
| 0/57 | ServiceBus.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here is the detection names for the Intuit Inc. files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| APEX | Malicious |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Shelma |
| Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.5AFD |
| CMC | Packed.Win32.Obfuscated.10!O |
| Zillya | Trojan.Shelma.Win32.115 |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 834 scan reports for the Intuit Inc. files. 5 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of Intuit Inc.. These are the signer names:
- Intuit Inc.
- INTUIT INC.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 4a042f21579ba60e4e7f11b0814d494a
- 4f199d1dd52b5cea70dbe45e878bc8cd
- 19b2b6dd12df8099787f848fd48133bf
- 2a1ef92c0d08c05e5b8b222ccb092495
- 1c246b5bd0f3947a034b73e41afd8e02
- 1e79573952ea85855f6e9331e901e470
- 1cda363656d38c4d348c6192ef04f08d