Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Protected Antivirus Limited and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll probably notice Protected Antivirus Limited when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Protected Antivirus Limited certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Protected Antivirus Limited:
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 Protected Antivirus Limited 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 examine the address for Protected Antivirus Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) and DigiCert EV Code Signing CA has issued the Protected Antivirus Limited certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the Protected Antivirus Limited files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/69 | webshieldfilter.sys |
1/71 | WEBSHIELDFILTER.del |
2/70 | webshieldfilter.sys |
5/68 | TotalAV.exe |
1/67 | webshieldfilter.sys |
Here's the detection names for the Protected Antivirus Limited files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Comodo | ApplicUnwnt.UnclassifiedMalware |
DrWeb | Program.Unwanted.3469, Program.Unwanted.3840, Program.Unwanted.3474, Program.Unwanted.2586 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of MSIL/UwS.TotalAV.A |
GData | Win32.Application.ProtectAV.B |
Tencent | Msil.Risk.Uws.Lqou |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0214 |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 406 scan reports for the Protected Antivirus Limited files. 10 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
Very unsure about this product as I did not search for it nor get it as part of any security products currently used.
Not going to open; trashing.
# 27 Nov 2019, 10:04
kwaichang writes