Electronic Arts - 0.242% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a file that is digitally signed by Electronic Arts? If so, please read on.

You'll typically notice Electronic Arts when running 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 Electronic Arts with the following steps:

1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Electronic Arts file
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Electronic Arts:

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

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see 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 Electronic Arts, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Electronic Arts certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Electronic Arts Files

The following are the Electronic Arts files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Electronic Arts as safe, which means that the Electronic Arts 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 Electronic Arts file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Electronic Arts would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Electronic Arts files. I've 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 Electronic Arts would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 2896 scan reports for the Electronic Arts files. 7 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 6e9b46a4fdc17828c3e7ea71c2be85fb
• 0c618e5c55725b09158b62149c425ba5
• 714ece031080c32406ecf01d698ffe1d

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