Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by Novawave Inc.? If so, please read on.
You will probably notice Novawave Inc. 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 additional details from the Novawave Inc. certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Novawave Inc.:
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 Novawave Inc. 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Novawave Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2), DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA and UTN-USERFirst-Object has issued the Novawave Inc. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Novawave Inc. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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0/68 | NovabenchService.exe |
0/73 | NovabenchService.exe |
0/56 | msvcp71.dll |
0/70 | novabenchservice.exe |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 322 scan results for the Novawave Inc. files. 0 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: