Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has been digitally signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as Generic.AA1 and Adware ( 004c86ce1 ). The detection rate for the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE files collected here is 8%. Please read on for more details.
You will probably see TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 additional details from the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE digital signature with the following steps:
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screencap 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, and so on. You can also see the address for TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, such as the street name, city and country.
VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA has issued the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screencap above.
The following are the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/56 | finaltorrent-setup.exe |
8/56 | klcp_update_1128_20150713_dlm.exe |
Here is the detection names for the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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.AA1 |
Avira | PUA/DownloadAdmin.Gen7 |
DrWeb | Trojan.Vittalia.203 |
ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/DownloadAdmin.M potentially unwanted |
K7AntiVirus | Adware ( 004c86ce1 ) |
K7GW | Adware ( 004c86ce1 ) |
Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.Bundle |
Rising | PE:Malware.DownloadAdmin!6.26F9 |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I have gathered 112 scan reports for the TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE files. 9 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: