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PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP

The application antimalware-setup.exe by PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from removalhelp.net.
Publisher:
Plumbytes Software  (signed by PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP)

Product:
Plumbytes Anti-Malware

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
dae942e00cc43db824dce2d2f5285ec3

SHA-1:
4c671bfed50b274607d151936105016c871e2e05

SHA-256:
a70a6ba5a12654da2f9fc0fa76b9a09ca6c719abd1902696c186e0527d998e0e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/5/2025 6:23:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Plumbytes.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.16.15

File size:
430 KB (440,360 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Plumbytes Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\antimalware-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/2/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/21/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP, O=PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP, L=EDINBURGH, S="EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND UK", C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0A801728CE51A218C22437A4AB4119C1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:/50gUCTaSS7iOdmQYexDiXHDAgBlUE/XOPJLhDPxVJfo:x0gROi+YexmXselpXcL13JQ

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

The file antimalware-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://removalhelp.net/antimalware-setup.exe

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