Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Comodo Security Solutions, Inc.? If so, please read on.
You will typically see Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. 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 also view the Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Comodo Security Solutions, Inc.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Comodo Security Solutions, 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, etc. You can also see the address for Comodo Security Solutions, Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO Code Signing CA 2, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. as trusted, which means that the Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. files will appear with a green background and that there's 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 Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/68 | dragon.exe |
1/71 | ciscleanuptool_x86.exe |
0/49 | guard32.dll |
0/43 | guard64.dll |
0/47 | guard32.dll |
0/43 | guard64.dll |
0/42 | guard32.dll |
0/68 | isedrv.sys |
0/46 | guard32.dll |
0/46 | guard32.dll |
0/48 | guard64.dll |
0/48 | guard32.dll |
Here's the detection names for the Comodo Security Solutions, 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 Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Cybereason | malicious.121c40 |
Jiangmin | AdWare.BrowseFox.evhh |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 10240 scan results for the Comodo Security Solutions, Inc. files. 2 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review 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: