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free_pc_speed_boost.exe

Free PC Speed Boost Module

Nicetex Ltd

The application free_pc_speed_boost.exe by Nicetex has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named FreePCSpeedBoost. This file is typically installed with the program Free PC Speed Boost by Fedder Corporation Limited which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Nicetex Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
Free PC Speed Boost Module

Version:
1.0.0.2

MD5:
cbf2a82f209211b18866ff8e4eda478f

SHA-1:
8409213034c008630af318dc8fe1619df9ac9311

SHA-256:
b18418491e9fa1602a7a82821357e95c7f23dd89941ab92d85f3f42714be6710

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 2:19:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Nicetex.Meta
15.5.8.10

File size:
3.5 MB (3,696,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.2

Copyright:
Copyright 2013

Original file name:
Free PC Speed Boost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\free pc speed boost\free_pc_speed_boost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nicetex Ltd

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/29/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/30/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Nicetex Ltd, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Nicetex Ltd, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

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:
2DD8F3D5B9C9F70F512CB8B8D6A2D2D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2013 9:05:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pK4RHz0Da7FDh2yCmEzw7kl7ESaaPa4PqAslqVy5D/gs54XaLKYSTrY24RDCgFrp:owk7ESaaPmAb/XaLNjRDCgZzyi8zO

Entry address:
0x57863

Entry point:
E8, 3E, AE, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, FF, 75, 10, 8D, 4D, F0, E8, 2C, FA, FF, FF, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 75, 26, E8, 99, 0D, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, FA, 38, 00, 00, 38, 5D, FC, 74, 07, 8B, 45, F8, 83, 60, 70, FD, B8, FF, FF, FF, 7F, E9, BF, 00, 00, 00, 57, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 27, E8, 6B, 0D, 00, 00, C7, 00, 16, 00, 00, 00, E8, CC, 38, 00, 00, 80, 7D, FC, 00, 74, 07, 8B, 45, F8, 83, 60, 70, FD, B8, FF, FF, FF, 7F, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, F0, 83, 78, 14...
 
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Entropy:
4.8491

Code size:
639 KB (654,336 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
FreePCSpeedBoost

Trigger:
Weekly (Runs weekly on Thursdays at 10:30 AM)

Description:
Clean History's scheduled task.


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

Free PC Speed Boost  by Fedder Corporation Limited
Publisher's description - “The PC Speed-Boost Toolbar is a browser add-on that dramatically speeds up your PC with free registry scanning, spyware scanning, and ad-blocking tools for faster browsing.”
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