Did you just find a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from Safe Decision, Inc? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as WS.Reputation.1 and Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ). The detection rate for the Safe Decision, Inc files collected here is 11%. Please read on for more details.
You will typically notice Safe Decision, Inc when 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 Safe Decision, Inc certificate with the following procedure:
Here's a screenshot of a file that has been digitally signed by Safe Decision, Inc:
As you can see in the screencap above, Windows states that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by Safe Decision, Inc and that no one has tampered with the file.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can see all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also examine the address for Safe Decision, Inc, such as the street name, city and country.
UTN-USERFirst-Object has issued the Safe Decision, Inc certificates. You can also view the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screengrab above.
These are the Safe Decision, Inc files I've collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
Detection Ratio | File Name |
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4/49 | easydownloads.exe |
16/47 | easydownloads.exe |
Here's the detection names for the Safe Decision, Inc files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
Scanner | Detection Names |
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Agnitum | Riskware.EasyDownloads!QjtAT7fN5n8 |
Baidu-International | Trojan.Win32.EasyDownloads.aaE |
Bkav | HW32.CDB.16f6, HW32.CDB.7378 |
DrWeb | Tool.DownLoader.19 |
ESET-NOD32 | Win32/EasyDownloads |
K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 00454f261 ) |
McAfee | Artemis!F29E5A8475AA |
McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis!F29E5A8475AA |
NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.EasyDownloads.huhmu |
Rising | PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.1525A40A!354788362 |
Sophos | Easy Download, EasyDownloads |
Symantec | WS.Reputation.1 |
TrendMicro | TROJ_SPNR.08CS12 |
TrendMicro-HouseCall | TROJ_SPNR.08CS12 |
VIPRE | Safe Decision, Inc (v) |
The detection percentage is based on the fact that I've gathered 189 scan results for the Safe Decision, Inc files. 20 of these scan results came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan results by examining the files listed above.
The analysis is based on certificates with the following serial numbers: