Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from AVG Technologies USA, Inc.? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically notice AVG Technologies USA, Inc. 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 the additional details from the AVG Technologies USA, Inc. digital signature with the following steps:
Here is a screencap of a file that has been signed by AVG Technologies USA, Inc.:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by AVG Technologies USA, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, and so on. You can also see the address for AVG Technologies USA, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA and DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 has issued the AVG Technologies USA, Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the AVG Technologies USA, Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/73 | overseer.exe |
2/57 | raserver.exe |
1/64 | overseer.exe |
1/66 | avgkbd.sys |
0/70 | avgardisk.sys |
0/71 | avgkbd.sys |
0/65 | AVGSvc.exe |
0/72 | AVGSvc.exe |
0/70 | aswhook.dll |
0/65 | AVGBrowser.exe |
0/69 | overseer.exe |
0/68 | AVGSvc.exe |
0/70 | VpnUpdate.exe |
0/68 | aswhooka.dll |
Here is the detection names for the AVG Technologies USA, Inc. 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.AGeneric |
Bkav | W32.Clodaae.Trojan.5fe5 |
DrWeb | Trojan.DownLoader27.31429 |
Ikarus | Win32.SuspectCrc |
eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_79% |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 6663 scan reports for the AVG Technologies USA, Inc. files. 5 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: