Acer Incorporated - 0.07% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Acer Incorporated and wonder if the file is safe? If so, please read on.

You'll typically notice Acer Incorporated when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can view the digital signature details for Acer Incorporated with the following procedure:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Acer Incorporated:

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 Acer Incorporated and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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, and so on. You can also examine the address for Acer Incorporated, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3 and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Acer Incorporated certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Acer Incorporated Files

These are the Acer Incorporated files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Acer Incorporated as safe, which means that the Acer Incorporated files will appear with a green background and that there is no removal checkbox for the file. However, as you can see in the scan results below, a few of the anti-virus scanners detects the Acer Incorporated file(s). My guess is that those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Acer Incorporated would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Acer Incorporated files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are false positives since it is very unlikely that Acer Incorporated would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 12925 scan reports for the Acer Incorporated files. 9 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.

Analysis Details

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 0ad6daf14c6be378c0e52aa780d2bc0c
• 5cc53ba3e831a7dfdc7c28d5158fc380
• 63f07348d0f35040adb2ec28
• 0ad996a1a9b17f3d94c61b4c7b2236e4

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