Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically see GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 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 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. certificate with the following steps:
Here is a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.:
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 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., 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 GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2 and Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/67 | wpbbin.exe |
0/54 | HCLOUD.exe |
0/67 | gdrv2.sys |
0/47 | applecharger.sys |
0/54 | ghflt.sys |
0/50 | usbcharge%USERNAME%.sys |
0/51 | thermald.exe |
0/65 | ocbuttonservice.exe |
0/58 | GCloud.exe |
0/66 | gcloud.exe |
0/58 | PreRun.exe |
Here's the detection names for the GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. 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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Elastic | malicious (moderate confidence) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 2586 scan results for the GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. files. 1 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.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.. These are the signer names:
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: