Safer Networking Ltd. - 0.151% Detection Rate *

Did you just find a file that has a digital signature from Safer Networking Ltd.? If so, please read on.

You'll probably see Safer Networking Ltd. when double-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:

1. Open up Windows Explorer and locate the Safer Networking Ltd. file
2. Right-click on the file and select Properties
3. Click the Digital Signatures tab
4. Click the View Certificate button

Here's a screencap of a file that has been digitally signed by Safer Networking Ltd.:

As you can see in the screenshot above, the Windows OS reports that "This digital signature is OK". This implies that the file has been published by Safer Networking Ltd. and that no one has tampered with the file.

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 Safer Networking Ltd., such as the street name, city and country.

VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA and VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 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.

Safer Networking Ltd. Files

The following are the Safer Networking Ltd. files I have collected, 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 false positives and that the files are safe. It's unlikely that Safer Networking Ltd. would ship a malware file.

Scanner and Detection Names

Here's the detection names for the Safer Networking Ltd. files. I have grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.

As mentioned above, I think these detections are incorrect since it is very unlikely that Safer Networking Ltd. would ship a malware file.

* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated

The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've collected 2654 scan reports for the Safer Networking Ltd. files. 4 of these scan results 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.

Analysis Details

The analysis is done on certificates with the following serial numbers:

• 34bf1f11cef4134d141a20dce3bc9a68
• 1abee452f106342568d826705dc1f4b1
• 2d4f945e7c5a080dd1a618505071f430

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