Estimated safety rating

sdfssvc.exe may be a dangerous program, according to heuristic analysis. This program triggers too many of the "probable danger" criteria described bellow. It is not yet known if sdfssvc.exe is malware or not that doesn't cause harm the PC. Please be careful with this program.

Executable file path

This program is usually found in C:\Program Files (x86)\Spybot - Search & Destroy 2\SDFSSvc.exe.

MD5 hash of the executable file

The MD5 checksum for this executable is 2100c3e7e1d060de822677dde41fcccf.

Is running as a service

This program is a Windows service. This means it runs on your PC in background, usually without showing any user interface to you. Most Windows services are useful programs, which provide useful functions to other programs or to the Windows Operating System.

Is a 32 bit executable file

This executable runs in 32-bit mode. It does not exploit the full set of features of current computer processors. This is quite normal because the makers did not upgrade it to 64-bit code.

File description

The description present in the exe is Spybot-S&D 2 Scanner Service.

File version

File version 2.5.42.217.

Manufacturer

Producer Safer-Networking Ltd..

Copyright

Copyright notice © 2009-2014 Safer-Networking Ltd. All rights reserved..

Is an encrypted file

The machine code of this program appears to be compressed or obfuscated so it can not be quickly cracked.

Potentially dangerous functions

Some insecure functions of the Operating System have been used, such as functions for recording the keyboard. We advise you to read more about this program.

Digitally signed

sdfssvc.exe is digitally signed. Nowadays the large majority of serious software applications are digitally signed.

Valid digital signature

The digital signature is not valid, which means it is most likely that this app may be malware and that somebody most likely changed some of its code after the signature was generated. We advise extreme caution!

Certifier email

The name of the organization or individual signing this is: webmaster@spybot.info

Certifier name

Digital certificate name: Safer-Networking Ltd.

Issuer name

Certificate's issuer name: StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA

Can be uninstalled

It has an uninstall string in registry, which is a good sign. si are uninstall.