Hewlett-Packard Company - 0.061% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Hewlett-Packard Company and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably see Hewlett-Packard Company when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can view the digital signature details for Hewlett-Packard Company with the following steps:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Hewlett-Packard Company:

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Hewlett-Packard Company 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 see the address for Hewlett-Packard Company, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, Thawte Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the Hewlett-Packard Company certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

Hewlett-Packard Company Files

These are the Hewlett-Packard Company files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

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

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Hewlett-Packard Company files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are false positives since it is very unlikely that Hewlett-Packard Company would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 32616 scan reports for the Hewlett-Packard Company files. 20 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 08994531fdf1b2ebb8c7821bf650fdcf
• 008a755217b59de8cf9e80a7f714b9fac1
• 7ade0c565b1d729b61c6df9195897e03
• 42e6a08cd4fc481ab565c4947fca513b
• 3f2b1c
• 3fd0e01189629482b464d5d9fd033b30
• 04d86e77d3018d9f669cb19b50ed6ebf
• 5b6df8a26cda3f74663f465545eb6e1e
• 470f76d35837a1addcc5ffa3085a6fc2
• 05b6c0201bd91dedf176dfee7d8803b5

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