Acronis, Inc - 0.021% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a file that has a digital signature from Acronis, Inc? If so, please read on.

You will probably see Acronis, Inc when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

Screenshot where Acronis, Inc appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view the digital signature details for Acronis, Inc with the following procedure:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Acronis, Inc:

Screenshot of the Acronis, Inc certificate

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 Acronis, 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 Acronis, Inc, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Acronis, Inc certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Acronis, Inc Files

These are the Acronis, Inc files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Acronis, Inc as safe, which means that the Acronis, Inc 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 Acronis, Inc file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Acronis, Inc would ship a malware file.

Detection RatioFile Name
1/46auto_reactivate.exe
0/45timntr_2k.sys
0/42fltsrv.sys
0/46tdrpman.sys
0/45auto_reactivate.exe
0/50timntr.sys
0/40snapman.sys
0/41auto_reactivate.exe
0/44auto_reactivate.exe
0/47vsflt67.sys
0/45auto_reactivate.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Acronis, Inc 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 Acronis, Inc would ship a malware file.

ScannerDetection Names
JiangminWin32/Virut.bn

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 4846 scan results for the Acronis, Inc files. 1 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review 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:

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