Did you just run into a file that has been digitally signed by TuneUp Software? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically see TuneUp Software when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for TuneUp Software with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by TuneUp Software:
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 TuneUp Software and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, etc. You can also examine the address for TuneUp Software, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the TuneUp Software certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
The following are the TuneUp Software files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/42 | uxtuneup.dll |
1/54 | OneClick.exe |
1/55 | OneClick.exe |
0/45 | TUDefragBackend64.exe |
0/42 | tulic.dll |
0/47 | TURatingSynch.exe |
0/46 | uxtuneup.dll |
0/45 | TUInstallHelper.exe |
0/46 | uxtuneup.dll |
0/42 | uxtuneup.dll |
0/51 | uxtuneup.dll |
0/41 | uxtuneup.dll |
0/51 | uxt7CF6.tmp |
Here's the detection names for the TuneUp Software files. I have 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/Win32.SGeneric |
Prevx | High Risk Fraudulent Security Program |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 10971 scan results for the TuneUp Software files. 3 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, 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: