Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Kings Information & Network? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Packed/Execryptor and W32/Risk.EGEC-1904. The detection rate for the Kings Information & Network files collected here is 4%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Kings Information & Network when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Kings Information & Network certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Kings Information & Network:
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 Kings Information & Network and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine 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 Kings Information & Network, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA has issued the Kings Information & Network certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Kings Information & Network files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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8/57 | installkdf8.exe |
5/67 | LocalSSL.exe |
0/46 | kcrtx64.sys |
0/41 | OSUGAGLY.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Kings Information & Network 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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Agnitum | Packed/Execryptor |
Avira | TR/Gendal.6061206, TR/Spy.Gen |
CAT-QuickHeal | (Suspicious) - DNAScan |
Cyren | W32/Risk.EGEC-1904 |
F-Prot | W32/MalwareF.EEKU |
Ikarus | Trojan.Spy |
McAfee | Artemis!1892232403DD |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis |
Sophos | Mal/Generic-S |
Webroot | W32.Malware.Gen |
Yandex | Packed/Execryptor |
Zillya | Trojan.SuperThreatCRTD.Win32.7338 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 306 scan reports for the Kings Information & Network files. 13 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: