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optimizerpro.exe

PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application optimizerpro.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited 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 is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5558afb0dcc93a75bcd49fc00ede8a06

SHA-1:
11a1635df882793a33e0a7d5298fd66301917e87

SHA-256:
87fa89316d9af5db912f1b9b1b31fd5d4cfad99fe5442f2aa3b776cbf7f872cf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 8:32:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities.PCUtilities (M)
16.2.13.22

File size:
7.4 MB (7,712,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\optimizerpro.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/18/2014 8:04:54 PM

Valid to:
4/18/2015 8:04:54 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, L=London, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B6A44F88EC8CF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2014 2:20:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:DYlty6y5IJc+SS2bd9+iU3o3+7aWjpdO7kvB2U:EL0W6a2bd9Y38SXjdvI

Entry address:
0xD9B64

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 00, 51, 4D, 00, E8, 60, 3A, F3, FF, E8, 9B, ED, F2, FF, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9295

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
863.5 KB (884,224 bytes)

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