Did you just download a file that has a digital signature from Safer-Networking Ltd. and wonder if the file is safe? If that's the case, please read on.
You'll probably notice Safer-Networking Ltd. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view additional details from the Safer-Networking Ltd. certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screencap of a file digitally signed by Safer-Networking Ltd.:
As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS states that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Safer-Networking Ltd. and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot 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 Safer-Networking Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert EV Code Signing CA (SHA2) and StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA has issued the Safer-Networking Ltd. certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
These are the Safer-Networking Ltd. files I've gathered, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
The FreeFixer tool treats files from Safer-Networking Ltd. as trusted, which means that the Safer-Networking Ltd. 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 Safer-Networking Ltd. file(s). I'm pretty sure those detections are incorrect and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Safer-Networking Ltd. would ship a malware file.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/65 | sdnclean.exe |
0/66 | sdnclean64.exe |
0/56 | $R1SLP8F.exe |
0/56 | sdnclean64.exe |
0/62 | sdnclean64.exe |
0/57 | spybotsd2-windows-upgrade-installer.exe |
0/56 | sdnclean.exe |
0/67 | sdnclean.exe |
0/55 | SDFSSvc.exe |
0/53 | DelZip192.dll |
0/57 | SDWSCSvc.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Safer-Networking Ltd. 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 Safer-Networking Ltd. would ship a malware file.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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SentinelOne | static engine - malicious |
The detection percentage is based on that I've gathered 1380 scan reports for the Safer-Networking Ltd. files. 1 of these scan reports 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: