Did you just download a file that has a digital signature from SEIKO EPSON Corporation and wonder if the file is safe? If so, please read on.
You will probably see SEIKO EPSON Corporation when running the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the additional details from the SEIKO EPSON Corporation digital signature with the following procedure:
Here is a screenshot of a file signed by SEIKO EPSON Corporation:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by SEIKO EPSON Corporation and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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, etc. You can also see the address for SEIKO EPSON Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the SEIKO EPSON 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 SEIKO EPSON Corporation files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from SEIKO EPSON Corporation as trusted, which means that the SEIKO EPSON 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 SEIKO EPSON Corporation file(s). My guess is that those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that SEIKO EPSON Corporation would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/46 | EPTBL.dll |
1/57 | EPSDNRUD.EXE |
2/68 | mepService.exe |
1/43 | E_DUPA30.EXE |
1/48 | EPTBL.dll |
1/55 | E_GHMM89.DLL |
0/47 | escsvc64.exe |
0/47 | escsvc64.exe |
0/46 | E_YATII0E.EXE |
0/47 | E_IATIHAA.EXE |
0/56 | E_YATIMPE.EXE |
0/56 | ewps_tb.dll |
0/48 | E_IATILAE.EXE |
0/56 | E_YATIM1E.EXE |
0/47 | E_FTSLBE.EXE |
0/57 | E_DTSKSD.EXE |
Here's the detection names for the SEIKO EPSON Corporation files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
As mentioned above, I think these detections are false positives since it is very unlikely that SEIKO EPSON Corporation would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Antiy-AVL | Virus/Win32.Xpaj.gen |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.4858, HW64.Paked.89E6 |
ByteHero | Trojan.Malware.Win32.xPack.m |
NANO-Antivirus | Trojan.Win32.Swrort.eujazt |
Yandex | Trojan.Shelma! |
The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 20311 scan reports for the SEIKO EPSON Corporation files. 7 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
In the analysis on this page I grouped all certificates where the signer name is set to upper and lower case variants of SEIKO EPSON Corporation. These are the signer names:
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: