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flashcookiecleaner.exe

Flash Cookie Cleaner

Consumer Software International

The application flashcookiecleaner.exe by Consumer Software International has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program Flash Cookie Cleaner by ConsumerSoft. While running, it connects to the Internet address waws-prod-blu-013.cloudapp.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

ConsumerSoft (signed by Consumer Software International)

Product:

Flash Cookie Cleaner

Version:

2.0.1.0

MD5:

6d7721a097e104596f368236fce726c1

SHA-1:

e2b1cb87911770c1f5647bf69b8da4a82b374ef6

SHA-256:

21880c24cb33c53e5246c1a693dafaeec98a30252889ad62b8bbe54eb576a071

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

7/13/2025 4:04:52 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.ConsumerSoftwareInternational.S

14.4.15.18

File size:

1.6 MB (1,719,664 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.1.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\consumersoft\flash cookie cleaner\flashcookiecleaner.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Consumer Software International

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

6/21/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Consumer Software International, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Consumer Software International, L=New York, S=NewYork, C=US

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:

7B8361210ED8FFC623A0EACB69FA0E23

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/17/2014 10:37:54 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:N+W6POVW/GYlezamcNB0+W3FPTdpbvsTsBcw/O45kT/wnk+I0aGKtL:0kcNB0+WJ/aT/wnk+IZptL

Entry address:

0x11FCB0

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 53, 56, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, EC, B8, EC, E1, 51, 00, E8, 4E, 99, EE, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, A0, FE, 51, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, DB, E8, C1, 39, EE, FF, 85, C0, 75, 2C, A1, D0, 76, 52, 00, 80, 78, 1B, 00, 74, 21, 33, C9, B2, 01, A1, 38, DD, 51, 00, E8, 8C, E2, FF, FF, 8B, F0, 8B, C6, 8B, 10, FF, 92, 00, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E8, 09, 48, EE, FF, E8, 8C, 39, EE, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 8E, CF, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 39, EE, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, BC, FE, 51... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.9510

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

1.1 MB (1,173,504 bytes)

The file flashcookiecleaner.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Flash Cookie Cleaner by ConsumerSoft

Publisher's description - “ConsumerSoft is proud to offer Flash Cookie Cleaner, our freeware application that let's you view, manage, and delete your Flash cookies. Flash Cookies are small bits of data saved by websites you visit.”

www.flashcookiecleaner.com

49% remove it

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to waws-prod-blu-013.cloudapp.net (191.238.8.26:80)

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