Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from RealVNC Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Trojan[RemoteAdmin:not-a-virus]/Win32.WinVNC and HackTool.Win32.Agent.45. The detection rate for the RealVNC Limited files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice RealVNC Limited when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for RealVNC Limited with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by RealVNC Limited:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by RealVNC 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 see the address for RealVNC Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the RealVNC Limited certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the RealVNC Limited files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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3/50 | winvnc4.exe |
3/55 | vncviewer.exe |
0/45 | winvnc4.exe |
0/48 | wm_hooks.dll |
Here's the detection names for the RealVNC 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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Antiy-AVL | Trojan[RemoteAdmin:not-a-virus]/Win32.WinVNC |
Baidu-International | HackTool.Win32.Agent.45 |
CMC | RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC!O |
Kaspersky | not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC.ad, not-a-virus:RemoteAdmin.Win32.WinVNC.mx |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 198 scan reports for the RealVNC Limited files. 6 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: