Valve - 0.07% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that is digitally signed by Valve? If that's the case, please read on.

You will probably notice Valve 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 Valve with the following steps:

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

Here is a screenshot of a file that has been signed by Valve:

As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Valve 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, and so on. You can also see the address for Valve, such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA has issued the Valve certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.

Valve Files

These are the Valve files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.

The FreeFixer tool treats files from Valve as safe, which means that the Valve files will appear with a green background and that there is 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 Valve file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are false positives and that the files are safe. It is unlikely that Valve would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Valve 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 Valve would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on that I have gathered 8610 scan reports for the Valve files. 6 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. If you like, you can review the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.

Analysis Details

The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 47a938edc7aeac8dc71dcbb4b4f611f8
• 7bf6326f70cbec340bf2d1868fe65b1e
• 084caf4df499141d404b7199aa2c2131
• 68697535e381fe1f91c1153528146a27

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