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air4cd9.exe

PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application air4cd9.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e99e32cd6ee8a67d99a97ca180db9ccf

SHA-1:
f30926c606b9a7563d3fd2395821eea676e90cb1

SHA-256:
c621624e91a3aa05dfd23d15889fb86e5c7de4439503c5d46c1443345e99b122

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 12:54:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.BProtector
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/BProtector.Gen2
7.11.143.94

AVG
SHeur4
2015.0.3498

Dr.Web
Trojan.NtRootKit.17156
9.0.1.0110

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
4/18/2014

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:RiskTool.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3996

McAfee
Artemis!E99E32CD6EE8
5600.7156

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.RiskTool.dd3
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCUtilities.H
14.8.8.3

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R0CBH07DB14
7.2.108

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic!SB.0
28214

File size:
7 MB (7,323,576 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\air4cd9.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/17/2014 12:11:20 PM

Valid to:
3/17/2016 12:11:20 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, L=London, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27761464329322

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/9/2014 8:31:09 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:5AMXXVUGYRbOy9qG8SDs0bsTW6tkXZHTBsj:5D1tS99qGnmS6tkXZHc

Entry address:
0x3D74C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, EC, A5, 43, 00, E8, 14, C4, FC, FF, E8, 03, 86, FC, FF, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9808

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
240.5 KB (246,272 bytes)

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