Did you just run into a file that has been digitally signed by McAfee, LLC? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically notice McAfee, LLC when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the McAfee, LLC certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by McAfee, LLC:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by McAfee, LLC and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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 examine the address for McAfee, LLC, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G3, GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G3 and GlobalSign GCC R45 EV CodeSigning CA 2020 has issued the McAfee, LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the McAfee, LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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2/73 | servicehost.exe |
1/70 | McSmtFwk.exe |
1/66 | mcinst.exe |
1/67 | IEPlugin.dll |
0/69 | uihost.exe |
0/66 | mcpvdrv.sys |
0/62 | mcpvdrv.sys |
0/73 | ModuleCoreService.exe |
0/72 | mcpvdrv.sys |
0/68 | IEPlugin.dll |
0/70 | mcpvdrv.sys |
0/69 | IEPlugin.dll |
0/67 | IEPlugin.dll |
0/67 | ModuleCoreService.exe |
Here is the detection names for the McAfee, LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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APEX | Malicious |
Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.Detplock |
DrWeb | Trojan.Siggen17.24247 |
FireEye | Gen:Variant.Fugrafa.17643 |
eGambit | Unsafe.AI_Score_99% |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 8370 scan results for the McAfee, LLC files. 5 of these scan results 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: