chktrust(1)

chktrust1

Check the trust of a pe executable.

Usage

chktrust [options] filename

Overview

Verify if an PE executable (CLR assembly, Win32 EXE or DLL) has a valid Authenticode(r) signature that can be traced back to a trusted certificate authority (CA). This means that

(a) the signature is valid (i.e. file integrity) and,
(b) the code-signing certificate can be chained back to one of the

certificates in the Trust store.

Options

-q , -quiet

Quiet mode. Limited display on console.

-v , -verbose

Verbose mode. More details displayed on the console.

-help , -h , -? , /?

Display help about this tool.

Known restrictions

chktrust cannot validate Authenticode signatures on CAB files.

Mailing lists

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Web site

Visit http://www.mono-project.com for details

Releases

Unchanged in 11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch).

  1. 4.0–Arch

Author

Written by Sebastien Pouliot

From mono 6.12.0.206-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.