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safebytes-setup.exe

SafeBytes Software Inc.

The application safebytes-setup.exe by SafeBytes Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.safebytes.com.
Publisher:
SafeBytes  (signed by SafeBytes Software Inc.)

Product:
SafeBytes

Version:
1.0

MD5:
5313584078ec6199655c08f65d262daa

SHA-1:
f054c3cc7536930809f81773efe29a28dc4eed72

SHA-256:
0a73fd3b4b5bb1db8c4f32e0658e74f35c1d27b69866595802415520d3baec78

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 12:38:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.SafeBytesSoftware.Installer.Meta
15.10.22.18

File size:
23.8 MB (24,955,504 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 SafeBytes

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 SafeBytes

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\safebytes-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SafeBytes Software Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/9/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SafeBytes Software Inc., O=SafeBytes Software Inc., L=Mascouche, S=Quebec, C=CA, SERIALNUMBER=8678359, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
33DCBC0A4B8CD2C7C6D57AD7DAF09689

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 9:03:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:VABAa5BRM3U053ImsgkRe8jgbMr+wtNH6q4RsyzNrFgNhrJFHqKTeZ8/JgrmcEF1:VAbmE0VIhRe8j7txd4qyzzWdJFKKTNRp

Entry address:
0x37B3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, AE, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B8, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, CA, 42, 00, E8, 9D, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, CA, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, E0, 26, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, F4, AF, 40, 00, 68, 40, BA, 42, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, FF, 15, 2C, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, 70, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 43, 2C, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9998

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

The file safebytes-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.safebytes.com/Safebytes-setup.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-83-46-0.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.83.46.0:80)

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