Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Cisco-Linksys LLC? If so, please read on.
You'll typically notice Cisco-Linksys LLC when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the additional details from the Cisco-Linksys LLC digital signature with the following steps:
Here's a screencap of a file that has been signed by Cisco-Linksys LLC:
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-Linksys LLC 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 examine the address for Cisco-Linksys LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Cisco-Linksys LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
These are the Cisco-Linksys LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from Cisco-Linksys LLC as trusted, which means that the Cisco-Linksys LLC 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-Linksys LLC file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Cisco-Linksys LLC would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
---|---|
0/49 | nmsrvc.exe |
0/47 | nmctxth.exe |
0/47 | nmctxth.exe |
0/50 | nmsrvc.exe |
0/46 | nmsrvc.exe |
0/43 | pnarp.sys |
0/46 | nmctxth.exe |
0/41 | nmspce2.dll |
0/43 | nmapp.exe |
0/40 | purendis.sys |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1217 scan results for the Cisco-Linksys LLC files. 0 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: