SoftThinks - 0.108% Detection Rate *

Did you just stumble upon a file that has a digital signature from SoftThinks? If so, please read on.

You will probably see SoftThinks when running 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 SoftThinks certificate with the following steps:

1. Open Windows Explorer and locate the SoftThinks file
2. Right-click the file and select Properties
3. Click on the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click on the View Certificate button

Here's a screencap of a file digitally signed by SoftThinks:

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 SoftThinks and that the file has not been tampered with.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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 examine the address for SoftThinks, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the SoftThinks certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.

SoftThinks Files

The following are the SoftThinks files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from SoftThinks as trusted, which means that the SoftThinks files will appear with a green background and that there's 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 SoftThinks file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that SoftThinks would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the SoftThinks 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 incorrect since it is very unlikely that SoftThinks would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have collected 6480 scan results for the SoftThinks files. 7 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:

• 495aee4183e3ed8c627f91a02ff07df4
• 2f40c3a88da5c00ac8d04d75748c97b3
• 662c24ab4c79c0ff31a299bec88364bc
• 50fc97c7d0fc39dedd3ad0a4e53c5f83

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