PC Tools - 0.154% Detection Rate *
Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from PC Tools? If so, please read on.
You will typically notice PC Tools when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the PC Tools certificate with the following steps:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the PC Tools file
- Right-click the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by PC Tools:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by PC Tools 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 PC Tools, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the PC Tools certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
PC Tools Files
These are the PC Tools files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from PC Tools as trusted, which means that the PC Tools 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 PC Tools file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that PC Tools would ship a malware file.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 1/49 | sdsetup_revwire207.exe |
| 2/49 | sdasetup_revwire207[1].exe |
| 1/46 | PCTLsp.dll |
| 1/47 | SSDMonitor.exe |
| 1/42 | BDTUpdateService.exe |
| 1/42 | SSDMonitor.exe |
| 2/48 | avinstall.exe |
| 2/44 | PCTLsp.dll |
| 1/48 | fwservice.exe |
| 0/51 | PCTLsp.dll |
| 0/51 | startmansvc.exe |
| 0/41 | SSDMonitor.exe |
| 0/46 | BDTUpdateService.exe |
| 0/50 | PCTLsp.dll |
| 0/42 | PCTLsp64.dll |
| 0/48 | iksysflt.sys |
| 0/46 | PCTBrowserDefender.dll |
| 0/49 | bdtupdateservice.exe |
| 0/51 | FGuard.exe |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the PC Tools files. I have 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 PC Tools would ship a malware file.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Generic.gen |
| Bkav | HW32.Laneul.fyos |
| ByteHero | Trojan.Malware.Win32.xPack.m |
| Comodo | Heur.Suspicious |
| DrWeb | BackDoor.Slym.2041, MULDROP.Trojan |
| Emsisoft | Trojan.SuspectCRC!IK |
| Ikarus | Trojan.SuspectCRC |
| Jiangmin | Win32/Virut.bn |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 7796 scan results for the PC Tools files. 12 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
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 42abdc237d1ba31664ba4e7b05f23652
- 0dbd834441eb5da04c0c3a88c3bd42fc