Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by Digital Wave Ltd? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Program.Freemake.3 and Generic.0D0. The detection rate for the Digital Wave Ltd files collected here is 3%. Please read on for more details.
You'll typically see Digital Wave 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 digital signature details for Digital Wave Ltd with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Digital Wave Ltd:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Digital Wave Ltd 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 Digital Wave Ltd, such as the street name, city and country.
Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) has issued the Digital Wave Ltd certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
The following are the Digital Wave Ltd files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Here's the detection names for the Digital Wave Ltd files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.0D0 |
AegisLab | Virus.Gen!c, Virus.Gen|2|102!c |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.9B47 |
DrWeb | Program.Freemake.3, Program.Freemake.1, Program.Freemake.254 |
Gridinsoft | Malware.Win32.Gen.vb |
McAfee | Artemis!2D6D2E13CBE0, Artemis!9AF063C2DE02 |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis |
Paloalto | generic.pup |
Panda | PUP/DownloadAssistant |
Rising | Malware.Heuristic!ET#96% (rdm+), Malware.Undefined!8.C-j9Yhw5J66L (Cloud), Malware.Generic!0nuzyCim9NJ@5 (Thunder), Malware.Generic.5!tfe (cloud:V6CCmfgROzK), Malware.Undefined!8.C-IYNUzXYGOCB (Cloud) |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0512, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0711 |
VBA32 | BScope.Trojan.Convagent |
Zillya | Backdoor.DarkKomet.Win32.37357 |
eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_51%, Unsafe.AI_Score_59% |
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 6335 scan reports for the Digital Wave Ltd files. 170 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: