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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:
d0e9b43842cb2c37f39d59ea63062e7b

SHA-1:
96fea1f4fc51239ebc94eb293fdf3e613ed20c91

SHA-256:
fdab0a443ca6451d5fc4cda94a19d106515b39bb4c098ee527a3d616d96bde56

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/5/2025 6:35:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
8.7 MB (9,146,424 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright Plumbytes Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PLUMBYTES SOFTWARE LP

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/1/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2016 8:59:59 PM

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 4:19:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:WAzjDcoe0KSB8vYnWRVrPprKi5gWWzXgfhrmew4eBTMw4fbdhL4a2kJebXfW:WgjDcVjSB+Vdr5y+Eew4eQdMkuPW

Entry address:
0x3883

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, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27.5 KB (28,160 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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