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safer-scud.exe

Scheduled Updater

Safer Technologies, Inc

The application safer-scud.exe by Safer Technologies, Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named SaferUpdateTaskSCUD triggered daily at a specified time.
Publisher:
Safer Technologies, Inc.  (signed by Safer Technologies, Inc)

Product:
Scheduled Updater

Version:
1.0.1.6

MD5:
c236d83e95bd346f30f4148d3124a047

SHA-1:
8ebb11b21daadd5be46a81cf6d47da606694a6e4

SHA-256:
fd9a1c7cbcf485e89518ee0a934bc963a81d4b7ea892222f43214c126217218f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
8/11/2025 10:17:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.9.6.8

File size:
519 KB (531,480 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.6

Copyright:
Safer Technologies, Inc.

Original file name:
safer-scud.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\safer technologies\scud\safer-scud.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safer Technologies, Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/25/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Safer Technologies, Inc", OU=Applied Cryptography, O="Safer Technologies, Inc", STREET=2711 CENTERVILLE RD STE 400, L=NEW CASTLE, S=DE, PostalCode=19808, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00AD7775F77C246C94E75D0D23C8F43D9B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 8:45:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:umABhTHTmlyvWPZhPjQOo/VvIRh6aHek45KLsY1:EBBmlqWPPjWt0jHj45KN

Entry address:
0x2F8A8

Entry point:
E8, 15, 8A, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 60, 62, 46, 00, FF, 15, 7C, B1, 44, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, FE, 31, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 48, B0, 44, 00, 50, E8, 03, 32, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 8D, 45, 10, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, E6, 84, 43, 00, E8, 05, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 83, 65, E0, 00, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 6A, 07, 33, C0, 59, 8D, 7D, E4, F3, AB, 85, F6, 75, 15, E8, AA, 31...
 
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Entropy:
6.1942

Code size:
295.5 KB (302,592 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
SaferUpdateTaskSCUD

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 5:43 AM)


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