SAS Institute Inc. - 1.8% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a file that has a digital signature from SAS Institute Inc.? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably see SAS Institute Inc. when running 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 SAS Institute Inc. certificate with the following steps:

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

Here's a screengrab of a file that has been digitally signed by SAS Institute Inc.:

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by SAS Institute Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above, you can examine 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 SAS Institute Inc., such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the SAS Institute Inc. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

SAS Institute Inc. Files

The following are the SAS Institute Inc. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the SAS Institute Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 57 scan reports for the SAS Institute Inc. files. 1 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view 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:

• 16cb09e3270d39e62313024d11a828ff

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