Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by National Instruments Corporation? If that's the case, please read on.
You will typically notice National Instruments Corporation when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the National Instruments Corporation certificate with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by National Instruments Corporation:
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 National Instruments 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, etc. You can also view the address for National Instruments Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the National Instruments Corporation certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
The following are the National Instruments Corporation files I have gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from National Instruments Corporation as trusted, which means that the National Instruments Corporation files will appear with a green background and that there is 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 National Instruments Corporation file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that National Instruments Corporation would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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0/46 | nimdnsNSP.dll |
0/47 | lkcitdl.exe |
0/54 | nimdnsNSP.dll |
0/48 | nimdnsNSP.dll |
0/50 | nierserver.exe |
0/46 | nimdnsResponder.exe |
0/46 | nimdnsNSP.dll |
0/46 | lkads.exe |
0/56 | NIUpdateService.exe |
0/55 | nidevmon.exe |
The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 3026 scan reports for the National Instruments Corporation files. 0 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: