Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from Sony Corporation of America? If that's the case, please read on.
You will probably notice Sony Corporation of America when running the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screengrab shows:
You can view the digital signature details for Sony Corporation of America with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by Sony Corporation of America:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Sony Corporation of America and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 Sony Corporation of America, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA and VeriSign Commercial Software Publishers CA has issued the Sony Corporation of America certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Sony Corporation of America files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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0/42 | VAIO Sat Survey.exe |
0/49 | VCPerfService.exe |
0/35 | OOBEFcdRegistration.exe |
0/43 | server.vbs |
0/44 | VSScheduler.exe |
0/47 | listener.exe |
0/47 | VAIOHealthReport.exe |
0/56 | CCP.exe |
0/54 | ThirdPartyAppMgr.exe |
0/46 | SmartWiHelper.exe |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 1027 scan reports for the Sony Corporation of America files. 0 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers: