Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.? If so, please read on.
You will probably see TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. digital signature with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 examine the address for TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/49 | swupdtmr.exe |
1/42 | Shopping.exe |
1/66 | ToshibaDirect.exe |
1/68 | MP3.exe |
1/68 | VOD.exe |
1/67 | ShoppingD.exe |
0/50 | pinger.exe |
0/43 | swupdtmr.exe |
0/44 | taisregistpinger.exe |
0/41 | RenFolderToUni.exe |
0/53 | fdbpinger.exe |
0/53 | Launcher.exe |
0/41 | intro.exe |
0/41 | swupdate.exe |
Here's the detection names for the TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. 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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APEX | Malicious |
AegisLab | W32.Sality.lCL9 |
ClamAV | Trojan.Katusha-41 |
Malwarebytes | Trojan.Clicker |
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 1041 scan reports for the TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. files. 6 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: