Affinegy, Inc. - 0.417% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Affinegy, Inc.? If so, please read on.

You will typically notice Affinegy, Inc. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

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

You can view additional details from the Affinegy, Inc. certificate with the following procedure:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file signed by Affinegy, Inc.:

Screenshot of the Affinegy, Inc. certificate

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Affinegy, Inc. and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 see the address for Affinegy, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.

Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the Affinegy, Inc. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Affinegy, Inc. Files

The following are the Affinegy, Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
1/55AffinegyService.exe
1/50affinegyservice.exe
1/42AffinegyService.exe
2/47affinegyservice.exe
0/49BelkinRouterMonitor.exe
0/47BelkinService.exe
0/47belkinservice.exe
0/48BelkinRouterMonitor.exe
0/45belkinservice.exe
0/44belkinservice.exe
0/47BelkinRouterMonitor.exe
0/56BelkinRouterMonitor.exe
0/41belkinservice.exe

Scanner and Detection Names

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

ScannerDetection Names
ByteHeroTrojan.Exception.gen.101
McAfee-GW-EditionHeuristic.BehavesLike.Win32.Suspicious-BAY.K

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 1199 scan results for the Affinegy, Inc. files. 5 of these scan reports 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 has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

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