Adobe Systems Incorporated - 0.096% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Adobe Systems Incorporated? If so, please read on.

You will typically notice Adobe Systems Incorporated when double-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 digital signature details for Adobe Systems Incorporated with the following steps:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Adobe Systems Incorporated:

As you can see in the screengrab above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Adobe Systems 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 view the address for Adobe Systems Incorporated, such as the street name, city and country.

DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the Adobe Systems Incorporated certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Adobe Systems Incorporated Files

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

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Adobe Systems Incorporated as trusted, which means that the Adobe Systems 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 Adobe Systems Incorporated file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Adobe Systems Incorporated would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Adobe Systems Incorporated files. I've 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 Adobe Systems Incorporated would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 46969 scan results for the Adobe Systems Incorporated files. 45 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

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

• 06b922a8397e632fe5348da267275b4f
• 58a0b925d5bd9e142f9e9b394ece6270
• 2136329a167a6fd6bf4bb5e8778e0bfb
• 7b7616979ce38e3ca38d5148245c336b
• 15e5ac0a487063718e39da52301a0488
• 50ed674255614bf4ed3ed423cc93ca7d
• 4d4aa1fdf26f9f3353d62614eda66237
• 60e44bdc873c9ad78b4d23c165aed850
• 35d5fefff5fcc8a034a4c1711abc24bd
• 4272e5d73e43628b1cf3f7f2d5f54bad
• 62f7ce7b394ac60036615df83269f46b
• 18eb1242494b44bb72195fcf605d212a
• 277877ea571b111e0248c120a00cd3db
• 2de9aae1b56fdca12dfd0e22cb9c680c
• 6dc3ed4566163e279d2784c99fffd787
• 4d4edd7706ef6b3131d00b1c6791d0c1

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