Safe Downloads

Publisher Information

Safe Downloads is a software publisher located in Carlsbad, California in the United States*. A majority of the programs developed by the company can be classified as adware or other potentially unwanted programs. There is one additional code signing certificate issued to this publisher.
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/11/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Downloads, O=Safe Downloads, STREET=2911 State Street, L=Carlsbad, S=CA, PostalCode=92008, C=US

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

Serial number:
7f513316c38621855c3dc287ae382022

Scanner detections:
Detections  (100% detected)

Scan engine
Details
Detections

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Bundler (M), PUP.installCore.SafeDownloads (M), PUP.installCore.SafeDownloads.Installer (M), PUP.installCore.SafeDown (M), PUP.installCore.SafeDown.Installer (M), PUP.installCore (M)
74.00%

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore, Threat.4786018
36.00%

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7, ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen4, ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9, PUA/InstallCore.Gen7
28.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QF (variant), Win32/InstallCore.TL (variant), Win32/InstallCore.TL potentially unwanted (variant), Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
22.00%

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
22.00%

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1119, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1210, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1217, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1226, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0927, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0105
20.00%

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TL potentially unwanted application, Win32/InstallCore.PY potentially unwanted application, Win32/InstallCore.SU potentially unwanted application, Win32/InstallCore.SW potentially unwanted application
16.00%

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.11, Trojan.InstallCore.953
10.00%

Sophos
Generic PUA CG, Generic PUA ON, Generic PUA FK, Generic PUA GF
8.00%

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.SDKA, ApplicUnwnt, Application.Win32.InstallCore.EA
8.00%

1 / 68      (PUP)
apache_openoffice_v4.0.1.exe  (4b79ffd26144fc1c06305492543ad1ff)

1 / 68      (PUP)
word_processor_v401.exe  (c6dfc5fe0a206937c3bd0b3cad9b0e3b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
inkscape-installer.exe  (6ca88831972cb4dd796974e49ae966bd)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vuze-installer.exe  (d1237c308a1da82244f80cf42627c679)

1 / 68      (PUP)
apache_openoffice_v4.0.1.exe  (04a0ea6bea1b88d495e7eafbd527385d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
handbrake-installer.exe (Generic)  (8a4f5dc94aa1bf31e2c4591b37281718)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vuze-installer.exe  (5b1de164a47ffca1092bc80c433ec2f3)

1 / 68      (PUP)
gimp-installer.exe (My Program)  (2513b463bfa92c2f9f4bf3c5e710774c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
word_processor_v401.exe  (64170faeefc8127d8121ae28f4a8a795)

1 / 68      (PUP)
audacity-windows-2.0.5.exe  (785e68ae8faeb147f86c79d9ec48872d)

1 / 68      (PUP)
7-zip-installer.exe  (9acf9877636501b59569d45d6896a9a8)

1 / 68      (PUP)
gimp-installer.exe (My Program)  (6a2ef31a300b2efce2e3c2c47d935efd)

1 / 68      (PUP)
inkscape-installer.exe (Generic)  (051c43b24afda1939bcc602f48e1d221)

1 / 68      (PUP)
notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe  (970ebfb6ca3ca3770a58337bed871772)

1 / 68      (PUP)
notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe  (12b1c8a81690479448f4b159c65211c2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
vuze-installer.exe (My Program)  (4556c79454737dde0d7bf761b7431b6b)

1 / 68      (PUP)
apache_openoffice_v4.0.1.exe (My Program)  (8ed5832116ba5cc4e236905543e5768c)

1 / 68      (PUP)
libreoffice_v4.1.6.exe  (e09cec022b92ea193b50a03ba251d936)

1 / 68      (PUP)
audacity-windows-2.0.5.exe  (f2374124e17cce2a033393682a6fdfb9)

1 / 68      (PUP)
utorrent-installer.exe (My Program)  (20dbdb49a725e9742023f842b19e6577)

1 / 68      (PUP)
notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe  (c856ec26e3824911543f4a7e6012b202)

1 / 68      (PUP)
notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe  (181e013d54647aa6e112bf10c6c69a70)

1 / 68      (PUP)

1 / 68      (PUP)
libreoffice_v4.1.6.exe (My Program)  (85458fb5b8fa50b572bee8b6feab16de)

1 / 68      (PUP)
notepad-plus-plus-installer.exe (My Program)  (110afe9e55c4b928fa60cc909edf5403)

1 / 68      (PUP)
pdf_reader_v24.exe  (1e0a99612ea55be5cc224073f85b3210)

1 / 68      (PUP)
audacity-windows-2.0.5.exe  (6a72331101f2933e97dc213b31d75ce2)

1 / 68      (PUP)
audacity-windows-2.0.5.exe  (e1eaae684f275e45865be2fb1eadcaca)

1 / 68      (PUP)
youtube_file_converter.exe (Generic)  (33ab3cbb93f7771240a259036f11fa29)

4 / 68      (PUP)
libreoffice_v4.1.6.exe  (f6e3b6a50bd51a186ff3f9dd71a0f6db)

 
Latest 30 of 61 files

Downloads URLs for files signed by Safe Downloads.

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The following websites host and distribute files published by Safe Downloads.

The following certificate is also signed by Safe Downloads.

29B5387FD5B9A64B8E8D5CFFF6B746D9  (Sep 24, 2012 to Sep 25, 2013)

* Note, the details and description above are based on the code signing digital signature issued to Safe Downloads by COMODO CA Limited on February 11, 2014 with the serial number '7f513316c38621855c3dc287ae382022'.