Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Symbolicom Holdings Limited? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.D52 and Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT. The detection rate for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files collected here is 11%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably notice Symbolicom Holdings Limited when clicking to run 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 Symbolicom Holdings Limited certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file signed by Symbolicom Holdings Limited:
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 Symbolicom Holdings Limited and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab 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 see the address for Symbolicom Holdings Limited, such as the street name, city and country.
GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2 has issued the Symbolicom Holdings Limited certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/55 | adobe_flash_player.exe |
13/57 | fun_morph.exe |
2/55 | adobe_flash_player.exe |
Here is the detection names for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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AVG | Generic.D52 |
AVware | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
Agnitum | PUA.InstallCore! |
Avira | PUA/InstallCore.Gen |
Bkav | W32.HfsAdware.FECD |
Comodo | Application.Win32.InstallCore.AKL |
DrWeb | Trojan.MulDrop5.38104 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/InstallCore.QD, a variant of Win32/InstallCore.QD potentially unwanted |
K7AntiVirus | Trojan ( 004ac1cf1 ) |
K7GW | Trojan ( 004ac1cf1 ) |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dmiykv |
Qihoo-360 | HEUR/Malware.QVM06.Gen |
VBA32 | Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen |
VIPRE | Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 167 scan results for the Symbolicom Holdings Limited files. 19 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: