Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Brother Industries, Ltd.? If so, please read on.
You will typically notice Brother Industries, Ltd. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Brother Industries, Ltd. digital signature with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Brother Industries, Ltd.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Brother Industries, Ltd. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 Brother Industries, Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the Brother Industries, Ltd. certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Brother Industries, Ltd. files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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0/56 | BrUsbSib.sys |
0/38 | BrWi209d.dll |
0/43 | BrWia09b.dll |
0/46 | BrWi211a.dll |
0/46 | BrWia09b.dll |
0/48 | brstswnd.exe |
0/43 | BrWi209d.dll |
0/42 | BrWi211a.dll |
0/48 | BrWi209c.dll |
0/46 | brpjp04a.exe |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 2600 scan results for the Brother Industries, Ltd. files. 0 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.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of Brother Industries, Ltd.. These are the signer names:
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: