What is safekids.exe?

safekids.exe is part of Kaspersky Safe Kids and developed by AO Kaspersky Lab according to the safekids.exe version information.

safekids.exe's description is "Kaspersky Safe Kids"

safekids.exe is digitally signed by Kaspersky Lab.

safekids.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab\Kaspersky Safe Kids 1.0.5\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about safekids.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on safekids.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameKaspersky Safe Kids
Company nameAO Kaspersky Lab
File descriptionKaspersky Safe Kids
Internal namesafekids
Original filenamesafekids.exe
Legal copyright© 2019 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights Reserved.
Legal trademarkRegistered trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners
Product version1.0.5.1360
File version1.0.5.1360

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameKaspersky Safe Kids
Company nameAO Kaspersky Lab
File descriptionKaspersky Safe Kids
Internal namesafekids
Original filenamesafekids.exe
Legal copyright© 2019 AO Kaspersky Lab. All Rights..
Legal trademarkRegistered trademarks and service ma..
Product version1.0.5.1360
File version1.0.5.1360

Digital signatures [?]

safekids.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameKaspersky Lab
Certificate issuer nameDigiCert High Assurance Code Signing CA-1
Certificate serial number0f9d91c6aba86f4e54cbb9ef57e68346

VirusTotal report

None of the 72 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the safekids.exe file.

None of the 72 anti-virus programs detected the safekids.exe file.

Sandbox Report

The following information was gathered by executing the file inside Cuckoo Sandbox.

Summary

Successfully executed process in sandbox.

Summary

{
    "dll_loaded": [
        "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ushata.dll",
        "kernel32",
        "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
        "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
        "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
        "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
        "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
    ]
}

Generic

[
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\bc9a6a77c583d0971468c031b11d78991b7bf7def616253d73ed3d603dc167b9.bin",
        "process_name": "bc9a6a77c583d0971468c031b11d78991b7bf7def616253d73ed3d603dc167b9.bin",
        "pid": 2420,
        "summary": {
            "dll_loaded": [
                "C:\\Users\\cuck\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\ushata.dll",
                "kernel32",
                "api-ms-win-core-fibers-l1-1-1",
                "api-ms-win-core-localization-l1-2-1",
                "api-ms-win-appmodel-runtime-l1-1-1",
                "ext-ms-win-kernel32-package-current-l1-1-0",
                "api-ms-win-core-synch-l1-2-0"
            ]
        },
        "first_seen": 1562367185.7344,
        "ppid": 1268
    },
    {
        "process_path": "C:\\Windows\\System32\\lsass.exe",
        "process_name": "lsass.exe",
        "pid": 476,
        "summary": {},
        "first_seen": 1562367185.3594,
        "ppid": 376
    }
]

Signatures

[
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "This executable has a PDB path",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "pdb_path",
                "ioc": "D:\\bs\\20806\\Out\\Win32\\Release\\safekids.pdb",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "has_pdb"
    },
    {
        "markcount": 1,
        "families": [],
        "description": "The executable contains unknown PE section names indicative of a packer (could be a false positive)",
        "severity": 1,
        "marks": [
            {
                "category": "section",
                "ioc": ".gfids",
                "type": "ioc",
                "description": null
            }
        ],
        "references": [],
        "name": "pe_features"
    }
]

Yara

The Yara rules did not detect anything in the file.

Network

{
    "tls": [],
    "udp": [
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "192.168.56.255",
            "offset": 546,
            "time": 3.078577041626,
            "dport": 137,
            "sport": 137
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2234,
            "time": 3.0430760383606,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 51001
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2562,
            "time": 1.0174908638,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53595
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 2890,
            "time": 3.0568718910217,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 53848
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3218,
            "time": 1.5188460350037,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 54255
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "224.0.0.252",
            "offset": 3546,
            "time": -0.10288500785828,
            "dport": 5355,
            "sport": 55314
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 3874,
            "time": 1.5494270324707,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 1900
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 8350,
            "time": 1.0550448894501,
            "dport": 3702,
            "sport": 49152
        },
        {
            "src": "192.168.56.101",
            "dst": "239.255.255.250",
            "offset": 12542,
            "time": 3.1247038841248,
            "dport": 1900,
            "sport": 53598
        }
    ],
    "dns_servers": [],
    "http": [],
    "icmp": [],
    "smtp": [],
    "tcp": [],
    "smtp_ex": [],
    "mitm": [],
    "hosts": [],
    "pcap_sha256": "e2bc1e26081da500358917ec308569a130488871e5530586ef0a526a12d3daf3",
    "dns": [],
    "http_ex": [],
    "domains": [],
    "dead_hosts": [],
    "sorted_pcap_sha256": "4cd8130a62e4e1573ea2c31a226c453514e654ba06987d6e40340de587346add",
    "irc": [],
    "https_ex": []
}

Screenshots

Screenshot from the sandbox

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5bd10fc3aab4cd4814a6c097dc3cb2eba
SHA256bc9a6a77c583d0971468c031b11d78991b7bf7def616253d73ed3d603dc167b9

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to safekids.exe:

safekids.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

safekids.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

Kaspersky Safe Kids has stopped working.

End Program - safekids.exe. This program is not responding.

safekids.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

safekids.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with safekids.exe. 100% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 6 users.

Votes
Keep0 %
0
Remove100 %
6

NOTE: Please do not use this poll as the only source of input to determine what you will do with safekids.exe. Only 6 users has voted so far so it does not offer a high degree of confidence.

Malware or legitimate?

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Comments

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