Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products - 0.01% Detection Rate *

Did you just download a file that is digitally signed by Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably notice Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products 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 view the digital signature details for Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products with the following procedure:

1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products file
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click the View Certificate button

Here is a screengrab of a file that has been signed by Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products:

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products and that no one has tampered with the file.

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 view the address for Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products, such as the street name, city and country.

Intel External Basic Issuing CA 3A has issued the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products Files

These are the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products as trusted, which means that the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products 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 Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products 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 Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 31375 scan reports for the Intel Corporation - Software and Firmware Products files. 3 of these scan results 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

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

• 2f9b73e1000100009080

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