Sony Corporation - 0.015% Detection Rate *

Did you just run into a file that is digitally signed by Sony Corporation? If that's the case, please read on.

You will typically notice Sony Corporation when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is then displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:

You can view the digital signature details for Sony Corporation with the following steps:

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

Here is a screengrab of a file that has been digitally signed by Sony Corporation:

As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Sony Corporation and that no one has tampered with the file.

If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can examine 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 Sony Corporation, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and Thawte Code Signing CA has issued the Sony Corporation certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.

Sony Corporation Files

The following are the Sony Corporation files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Sony Corporation as safe, which means that the Sony Corporation 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 Sony Corporation file(s). My guess is that those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Sony Corporation would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here is the detection names for the Sony 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 Sony Corporation would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 6472 scan results for the Sony Corporation files. 1 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 42960a10160664f6473b67bde79c9501
• 2c4513699901ec88bdb51863204c0ec4
• 4cd09767267c7c4bdf37132ca6077326
• 401d5363bef0afbf01733212303bd7ed
• 30a8e483214cb1af4564b66cc37227bb
• 22e8438c5a21aed0edc2fef22c2765f1
• 18235c7801342b8cf4815a8cce6df74d
• 280efb577daa477d1eca1da97982ed06

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