Safari.exe
Safari by Apple Inc. (Signed)
Overview
There are 5 versions of Safari.exe in the wild, the latest version being 534.57.2. Safari.exe is run as a standard windows process with the logged in user's account privileges. A job within the Windows Task Scheduler is added to execute this process of a specific schedule during installation of the program. The average file size is about 2.28 MB. The file is a digitally signed and issued to Apple Inc. by VeriSign. The programs Safari, µTorrent and FirstClass® Client have been observed as installing specific variations of Safari.exe. During the process's lifecycle, the typical CPU resource utilization is less than 0.01%, the average private memory consumption is about 128.04 MB with the maximum memory reaching around 180.24 MB. Addionally, typically read and write I/O disk operations is about 1.62 MB per minute for reads and 1.05 MB per minute for writes.
What is Safari.exe?
Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. and included with the Mac OS X and iOS operating systems and available to Windows PCs. It uses Apple's WebKit for rendering web pages and running JavaScript. WebKit consists of WebCore.
About Safari.exe (from Apple Inc.)
“Safari puts the emphasis on browsing not the browser. Innovative features make your experience on the web better than it ever was. It loads web pages faster than ever. It’s the best way to read on the”
 Details
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| File name: | Safari.exe |
| Publisher: | Apple Inc. |
| Product name: | Safari |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\safari\safari.exe |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Apple Inc. |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Sunday, May 17, 2009 |
| Expiration date: | Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
Programs installed in
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Safari.)
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µTorrent is a is a free, ad-supported, lighter-weight BitTorrent client designed to consume less resources then the full BitTorrent version. Some uTorrent installs include potentially unwanted program...
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The software currently distributes the app through the OpenCandy monetization platform which is known to distribute adware.
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Behaviors
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of Safari.exe, select a unique version for details.)
Scheduled tasks
- The job '{47988207-CD1C-4B4B-80A6-CEB44EFD8D8D}' runs on registration in the path '\{47988207-CD1C-4B4B-80A6-CEB44EFD8D8D}'
- Entry path '\{D91A41CB-B0E4-4BA6-BBC7-BB27B3E10369}'
Shell open commands
All file variations of Safari.exe
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.77% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
23.08% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
15.38% |
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| Windows 8 |
15.38% |
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| Windows XP Home Edition |
7.69% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
7.69% |
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Distribution by country
United States installs about 58.33% of Safari.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Acer |
40.00% |
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| Dell |
40.00% |
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| ASUS |
20.00% |
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