Did you just stumble upon a file that has been digitally signed by Foxit Software Incorporated? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically see Foxit Software Incorporated when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the additional details from the Foxit Software Incorporated digital signature with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Foxit Software Incorporated:
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 Foxit Software Incorporated 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Foxit Software Incorporated, such as the street name, city and country.
Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) and Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2 has issued the Foxit Software Incorporated certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
The following are the Foxit Software Incorporated files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/55 | _iu14D2N.tmp |
0/56 | fcupdateservice.exe |
0/57 | fcupdateservice.exe |
0/57 | foxitconnectedpdfservice.exe |
0/56 | ConvertToPDFShellExtension_x86.dll |
0/57 | ConvertToPDFShellExtension_x64.dll |
0/57 | foxitconnectedpdfservice.exe |
0/62 | foxitconnectedpdfservice.exe |
0/67 | FoxitConnectedPDFService.exe |
0/57 | FCUpdateService.exe |
0/56 | fcupdateservice.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Foxit Software Incorporated 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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ClamAV | Win.Worm.Chir-2590 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 5019 scan results for the Foxit Software Incorporated files. 1 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: