International Business Machines Corporation - 0.36% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that has been digitally signed by International Business Machines Corporation and wonder if the file is safe? If so, please read on.

You will typically notice International Business Machines Corporation when running the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

Screenshot where International Business Machines Corporation appears as the verified publisher in the UAC dialog

You can view additional details from the International Business Machines Corporation certificate with the following steps:

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

Here is a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by International Business Machines Corporation:

Screenshot of the International Business Machines Corporation certificate

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 International Business Machines 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, and so on. You can also view the address for International Business Machines Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the International Business Machines Corporation certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

International Business Machines Corporation Files

These are the International Business Machines Corporation files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Detection RatioFile Name
1/42dwabho.dll
1/42filepathsrv.exe
3/56issimsvc.exe
0/50showlic.exe
0/47ObsBaseAgent64.dll
0/42dwabho.dll
0/43sociaccess.exe
0/47PEhelper.dll
0/47EncUserInit.exe
0/42PEhelper.dll
0/56dwabho.dll
0/43ntaskldr.EXE

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the International Business Machines Corporation files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

ScannerDetection Names
ComodoHeur.Packed.Unknown
DrWebBACKDOOR.Trojan, DLOADER.Trojan
IkarusBackdoor
PrevxMedium Risk Malware

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1387 scan results for the International Business Machines Corporation files. 5 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of International Business Machines Corporation. These are the signer names:

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

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