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LiveUpdate.exe

Registry Cleaner

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application LiveUpdate.exe by Pointstone Software 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 Registry Cleaner 4 by Pointstone Software, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

LiveUpdate.exe

Publisher:

Pointstone Software, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

Registry Cleaner

Description:

Live Update

Version:

6.0.0.0

MD5:

bf55c6dc452e3dfe2c158ef1b8bb858f

SHA-1:

13764af0719fc4dc2c86a18d629b48bf88e52161

SHA-256:

2262a02fa5abb663c5da2fac7086c8f5ff24f9966e08494cb42bb73d0ee26157

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 4:03:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.PointstoneSoftware.K

14.11.25.19

File size:

254 KB (260,056 bytes)

Original file name:

LiveUpdate.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\pointstone\registry cleaner 4\liveupdate.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/18/2019 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

295E9C7CC2F53D0164D35D1EC33C0801

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

10/23/2014 11:08:44 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:fBZchWxDdQHM1Uwlak06+bROTqmHjy4Ox:pZchWbQHM1Uwlauo

Entry address:

0xE4A8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, B8, 64, C3, 40, 00, E8, 3F, 2D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 36, E7, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 45, E8, E8, 01, 3E, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E8, BA, 50, E7, 40, 00, 8B, 08, FF, 51, 0C, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 08, 3D, FF, FF, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 22, 3D, FF, FF, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 68, E7, 40, 00, E8, D9, 3C, FF, FF, E8, BC, 3D, FF, FF, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 08, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 4C, 8B, 15, 80, F1, 40, 00, 88, 02, 8D, 45... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.9898

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

Registry Cleaner 4 by Pointstone Software, LLC

This is a 'registry cleaner' that is supposed to clean or fix a PC by removing invalid registry settings.

www.pointstone.com/products/registrycleaner

About 66% of users remove it

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