Did you just run into a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from PSafe Tecnologia S.A.? If so, please read on.
You will probably notice PSafe Tecnologia S.A. when clicking to run the file. The publisher name shows up as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screenshot shows:
You can view the digital signature details for PSafe Tecnologia S.A. with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file digitally signed by PSafe Tecnologia S.A.:
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 PSafe Tecnologia S.A. and that no one has tampered with the file.
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 view the address for PSafe Tecnologia S.A., such as the street name, city and country.
DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1 has issued the PSafe Tecnologia S.A. certificates. You can also examine the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the PSafe Tecnologia S.A. files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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1/43 | PSafeShellExtensionx86.dll |
1/53 | QHSafeTray.exe |
0/52 | QHActiveDefense.exe |
0/54 | QHActiveDefense.exe |
0/53 | qhactivedefense.exe |
0/49 | PSafeShellExtensionx64.dll |
0/55 | PatchUp.exe |
Here is the detection names for the PSafe Tecnologia S.A. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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ByteHero | Trojan.Exception.gen.101 |
VBA32 | Signed-Adware.InstallCore |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 359 scan results for the PSafe Tecnologia S.A. files. 2 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.
The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers: