Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by Faronics Corporation? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically see Faronics Corporation when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can also view the Faronics Corporation certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Faronics Corporation:
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 Faronics Corporation 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 view the address for Faronics Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Faronics Corporation certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the Faronics Corporation files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/70 | FrzState2k.exe |
0/57 | DFLocker64.exe |
0/50 | DFLocker.exe |
0/43 | lskproxy.dll |
0/56 | FaronicsCoreAgent.exe |
0/51 | WebPageService.dll |
0/57 | FrzState2k.exe |
0/70 | DFLocker64.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Faronics Corporation files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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APEX | Malicious |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 454 scan reports for the Faronics Corporation files. 1 of these scan results 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 is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: