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antimalware-setup.exe

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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:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
ecc584dde1f7cc3848a1ab61a1307ad6

SHA-1:
bec3f8b75384b67fcc7277bbeeb24be8b57b83b4

SHA-256:
bcefb3a4ca0a852c5b63e1db3cdf32ec267731210cde9cd80efb6f36f214bf08

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/3/2025 4:50:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Plumbytes (M)
16.12.19.5

File size:
616 KB (630,768 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:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/20/2014 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=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6158EDF81CACF28D0ADF7BFFD400B2C9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 4:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

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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