Malwarebytes Corporation - 0.086% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Malwarebytes Corporation? If that's the case, please read on.

You will typically see Malwarebytes Corporation when double-clicking to run 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 Malwarebytes Corporation certificate with the following steps:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Malwarebytes Corporation:

As you can see in the screengrab above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Malwarebytes Corporation and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 see the address for Malwarebytes Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.

DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the Malwarebytes Corporation certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Malwarebytes Corporation Files

The following are the Malwarebytes Corporation files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Malwarebytes Corporation as safe, which means that the Malwarebytes Corporation files will appear with a green background and that there's no removal checkbox for the file. However, as you can see in the scan results below, a few of the anti-virus scanners detects the Malwarebytes Corporation file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Malwarebytes Corporation would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Malwarebytes Corporation files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are false positives since it is very unlikely that Malwarebytes Corporation would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 20880 scan reports for the Malwarebytes Corporation files. 18 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 044e3bf58976880ffd074448a8f7a058
• 6f36c4b74b4f8ab001f039d692a75b49
• 635725f2493191f6f4f686234034fe80
• 22a3557a2217cb2d89bae979b554ef4d

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