SSB file format description

Many people share .ssb files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .ssb file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .ssb files.

1 filename extension(s) found in our database.

.ssb - Simply Safe Backup Archive

The SSB archive files are related to Simply Safe. SSB file is a Simply Safe Backup Archive. The Simply Safe seems to be no longer supported.

Application:

Simply Safe

Category:

Archive files

Mime-type:

application/octet-stream

Magic:

- / -

Aliases:

Simply Safe Backup Archive related extensions:

.wpb: Windows Phone Device Manager Backup
.bma: BMA Archiver Compressed Archive
.dar: DAR Disk Archive
.lhw: LhWarp Compressed Archive
.jgz: JNode Module Package
.hyp: Hyper Compressed Archive

Naturally, other applications may also use the .ssb file extension. Even harmful programs can create .ssb files. Be especially cautious with .ssb files coming from an unknown source!

Can't open a .ssb file?

When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:

Windows can't open this file:

example.ssb

To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.

To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.

Open Control Panel > Control Panel Home > Default Programs > Set Associations.
Select a file type in the list and click Change Program.

The .ssb file extension is often given incorrectly!

According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:

csb, wsb, ssv, sqb, scb, ssn, qsb, ssh, ssf, sb, esb, xsb, swb, ssg, ss

Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?

Similar file extensions in our database:

.csb: Corel Binary Script
.ssv: Seavus Secure Project
.scb: Scala InfoChannel Published Script
.qsb: Lenovo Smartphone Firmware Update
.wsb: Microsoft Sharepoint Document Set
.sqb: SQL Backup SQL Server Backup

Operating systems

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Windows XP/Vista, Windows 7/8, Windows 10, CentOS, Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android

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