Malware Protection Live - 10% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Malware Protection Live? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.MalwareProtection and a variant of MSIL/MalwareProtectionLive.A potentially unwanted. The detection rate for the Malware Protection Live files collected here is 10%. Please read on for more details.

You will typically notice Malware Protection Live when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:

You can also view the Malware Protection Live certificate with the following steps:

1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Malware Protection Live file
2. Right-click the file and select Properties
3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Malware Protection Live:

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Malware Protection Live 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 examine the address for Malware Protection Live, such as the street name, city and country.

thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Malware Protection Live certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Malware Protection Live Files

These are the Malware Protection Live files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Malware Protection Live files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1332 scan reports for the Malware Protection Live files. 129 of these scan reports 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.

Analysis Details

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

• 0db13f364982158c0e6000f666cc2aa4

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