Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by SonicWALL Inc.? If so, please read on.
You will typically notice SonicWALL Inc. when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the SonicWALL Inc. certificate with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by SonicWALL Inc.:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by SonicWALL Inc. and that no one has tampered with the file.
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, etc. You can also view the address for SonicWALL Inc., such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA and Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2 has issued the SonicWALL Inc. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the SonicWALL Inc. files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/71 | NEGui.exe |
0/41 | swipsec.sys |
0/48 | mlfhook64.dll |
0/67 | sfpmonitor.sys |
0/57 | SWGVC.exe |
0/41 | mlfhook.dll |
0/41 | mantispm.exe |
0/43 | mlfhook64.dll |
0/56 | swgvcsvc.exe |
0/54 | mlfhook64.dll |
0/42 | mantispm.exe |
Here is the detection names for the SonicWALL Inc. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Zillya | Backdoor.NuPraderCRTD.Win32.8783 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 1949 scan reports for the SonicWALL Inc. files. 1 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results 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 SonicWALL Inc.. These are the signer names:
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: