Seagate Technology LLC - 0.047% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a file that is digitally signed by Seagate Technology LLC? If so, please read on.

You will typically notice Seagate Technology LLC when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can view the digital signature details for Seagate Technology LLC with the following procedure:

1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the Seagate Technology LLC 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 signed by Seagate Technology LLC:

As you can see in the screengrab above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Seagate Technology LLC and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 see the address for Seagate Technology LLC, such as the street name, city and country.

Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, Thawte Code Signing CA and thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA has issued the Seagate Technology LLC certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.

Seagate Technology LLC Files

The following are the Seagate Technology LLC files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Seagate Technology LLC as trusted, which means that the Seagate Technology LLC 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 Seagate Technology LLC file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Seagate Technology LLC would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Seagate Technology LLC files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are incorrect since it is very unlikely that Seagate Technology LLC would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I've collected 6363 scan results for the Seagate Technology LLC files. 3 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review 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:

• 692230d0faa86ccb9a5e2dabf812a6d3
• 6ee6661471759feb3984af83456cab85
• 77fe5e4c38c68e47afeba39d866b7f5a
• 2225a6c3a6a6c8e6d05eaf54e53813e5

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