Did you just download a file that has a digital signature from win.rar GmbH and wonder if the file is safe? If so, please read on.
You will typically notice win.rar GmbH when 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 win.rar GmbH with the following steps:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been signed by win.rar GmbH:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by win.rar GmbH 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, etc. You can also see the address for win.rar GmbH, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA and COMODO Code Signing CA 2 has issued the win.rar GmbH 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 win.rar GmbH files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/57 | wrar540.exe |
1/54 | wrar510.exe |
3/57 | winrar-x64-540.exe |
1/65 | winrar-x64-550.exe |
2/55 | winrar.exe |
2/55 | winrar-x64-530.exe |
2/54 | winrar-x64-531.exe |
2/54 | winrar-x64-510es.exe |
1/56 | wrar521.exe |
1/55 | winrar-x64-530tc.exe |
1/56 | WinRAR.exe |
1/58 | winrar-x64-531pl.exe |
1/56 | winrar_5.31.exe |
1/66 | winrar-5-50-beta-1-x86.exe |
1/70 | winrar-x64-550sc.exe |
1/72 | WinRAR.exe |
0/57 | rarext.dll |
0/49 | rarext.dll |
0/57 | rarext.dll |
0/54 | rarext.dll |
0/54 | rarext.dll |
0/52 | rarext.dll |
0/54 | rarext.dll |
0/47 | rarext.dll |
0/53 | rarext.dll |
0/49 | xz.fmt |
Here's the detection names for the win.rar GmbH 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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AegisLab | Spr.Tool.Gen!c |
Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.SGeneric, Trojan[Exploit]/Win32.Shellcode |
Baidu | Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9994, Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.151026.9950.9983, Win32.Trojan.WisdomEyes.16070401.9500.9997 |
ClamAV | Win.Trojan.Agent-957929, Win.Trojan.Agent-958474 |
Commtouch | W32/Trojan.FFWE-6609 |
Cyren | W64/Trojan.HIBZ-5554, W32/Nanocore.GNXI-1572 |
F-Prot | W32/A-3fd7e2d6!Eldorado, W32/Nanocore.P, W32/Trojan3.JQS |
Ikarus | Trojan.Win32.Crypt |
K7GW | Hacktool ( 655367771 ) |
Rising | Downloader.Paph!8.58D0-si6o0GLy4EH (cloud), Malware.Undefined!8.C-3cxL573cWIJ (Cloud), PUF.RAR-Exploit!1.B604 (CLASSIC) |
Zillya | Trojan.Injector.Win32.337968, Trojan.GenericKD.Win32.52733 |
Zoner | Trojan.Generic |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 23975 scan results for the win.rar GmbH files. 22 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: