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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.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ad2d98c59feffdba9833ed30fee22af3

SHA-1:
bb43a7bbfec0a9b76fbfe49943727230f25dd161

SHA-256:
8996b1b6199d35c872485adf566233adace828f734f40cee7cfda3d300ce37dd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:17:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities.PCUtilities (M)
16.2.13.16

File size:
6.2 MB (6,550,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/18/2014 7:34:54 AM

Valid to:
4/18/2015 7:34:54 AM

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:
8/5/2014 1:13:53 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:7wAC4HSe4XRNZ6UsuBlIjRl7jXqOnjAPiM+pvR7ST8yz/asw2HR7BSIpbZzHYg:7z8X4X4ajRlzAKfU/asV7BSIpb1v

Entry address:
0xA7C58

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, DC, 1C, 4A, 00, E8, A8, 23, F6, FF, E8, 13, E2, F5, 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:
7.9293

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
666 KB (681,984 bytes)

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