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saferbrowsersetup.exe

Safer Browser

Safer Technologies LLC

The application saferbrowsersetup.exe by Safer Technologies 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.safer.com.
Publisher:
Safer Technologies LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Safer Browser

Version:
46.0.2459.166

MD5:
28eb1f7d61878fa5a486ef8870136c0e

SHA-1:
21bc71d68344882b78606fd80d6af32c9f5d8606

SHA-256:
55a9366cab8371ac128d61d61f40bc208d05d5c60c61041cb7df32e60e2dc488

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/13/2025 8:34:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SafeBrowser.SaferTechnologies.Installer.Meta (L)
16.1.13.21

File size:
1.3 MB (1,335,840 bytes)

Product version:
46.0.2459.166

Copyright:
Safer Technologies LLC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\saferbrowsersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safer Technologies LLC

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
11/3/2015 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/3/2018 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safer Technologies LLC, O=Safer Technologies LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
783864812F62EB97B248D0915E79AA47

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2015 9:46:30 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:oTexF5iW9ug5a5iim4VBBLPsNkiwKrqI12jS3BA+DpG5Gw7ck1chLNAaNf+:EYug50i+zMuCp1G/1cBfV+

Entry address:
0x335A

Entry point:
81, EC, D8, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 09, A3, B8, 92, 42, 00, E8, 59, 2F, 00, 00, A3, 04, 92, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, A8, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, 00, 82, 42, 00, E8, C4, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, B2, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file saferbrowsersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.safer.com/.../SaferBrowserSetup.exe

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