Cisco Systems, Inc. - 0.052% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Cisco Systems, Inc. and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.

You'll typically see Cisco Systems, Inc. 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 digital signature details for Cisco Systems, Inc. with the following procedure:

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

Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Cisco Systems, Inc.:

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

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view 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 Cisco Systems, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, Thawte Code Signing CA, DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Cisco Systems, Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Cisco Systems, Inc. Files

The following are the Cisco Systems, Inc. files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

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

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Cisco Systems, 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 incorrect since it is very unlikely that Cisco Systems, Inc. would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 1920 scan reports for the Cisco Systems, Inc. files. 1 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:

• 636c7543ddbdf969f473160f4b099b9e
• 5ece4abd054db0ee1acef57c4d3f442c
• 332b7395831cfa9cec1ecb706880ed
• 0e04e0e0ad45528438117f17f4a3d0ac
• 06db161d57c91fb4a942678b9975d458
• 707d1b670339c1015805353837a7c3d1
• 3b5f35c73f400c6113beef9d414af6e5
• 343a46043c1996c2268cff243fd3a871

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