k9-pcfixer.exe

K9-PCFixer

SUPER TUNEUP TECHNOLOGIES LLP

The application k9-pcfixer.exe by SUPER TUNEUP TECHNOLOGIES LLP 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 triggered to execute each time a user logs in. Additionally, the file is typically installed by a number of programs including K9 PCFixer by K9 Tools and K9-PCFixer by K9 Tools, both potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address db.e7.25ae.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
K9Tools  (signed by SUPER TUNEUP TECHNOLOGIES LLP)

Product:
K9-PCFixer

Version:
1.8.243.209

MD5:
e1e81f084d7fb244f664c83a652ba0d0

SHA-1:
3df06c376216917cdcd17d76aaf4b32d6b1a17d6

SHA-256:
3400723d3a550400313e0b8f7f57364a02b6c8aa59e3c07dd339ef53dd2b4f0e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 10:47:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SecurePCCleaner.SUPERTUN.Meta (M)
16.7.7.22

File size:
7.8 MB (8,187,664 bytes)

Product version:
1.8.243.209

Copyright:
Copyright 2015 K9Tools.com, All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\k9-pcfixer\k9-pcfixer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/16/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/17/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SUPER TUNEUP TECHNOLOGIES LLP, O=SUPER TUNEUP TECHNOLOGIES LLP, L=Jaipur, S=Rajasthan, C=IN

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:
369C741630C6896C1F08CB934C5AB8C6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/9/2015 6:07:24 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:zU9EB89/G66kS+WYLzwDYgw3teure2GH//JEzjEraEvuQq4QUF:zU919kyHzwDYgw3teure2GH//JEzjErz

Entry address:
0xC88F6

Entry point:
E8, 79, 7D, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 10, 17, 5A, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, FB, 7D, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 34, 5B, 55, 00, E8, F3, 7E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 3D, EB, FD, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 2B, 7F, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 33, DB, 39, 5D, 14, 75, 20, E8, A9, 46, 00, 00, 53...
 
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Entropy:
6.9970

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,369,088 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
K9-PCFixer

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file k9-pcfixer.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

K9 PCFixer  by K9 Tools
Publisher's description - “K9-PCFixer optimizes registry by removing fragmentation, deleting unused entries and compacting the registry. Once registry is defragged, it is contiguous and re-indexed which improves data access rate.”
www.k9pcfixer.com
About 58% of users remove it
K9-PCFixer  by K9 Tools
About 1% of users remove it
 
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to db.e7.25ae.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com  (174.37.231.219:80)

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