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pc-clean-start-401.exe

PC CleanStart

PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

The application pc-clean-start-401.exe by PC HelpSoft Labs has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from webtools.pchelpsoft.com.
Publisher:
PC Help Soft   (signed by PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.)

Product:
PC CleanStart

Version:
4.0

MD5:
1149495828bcc49c90d20cefada85665

SHA-1:
508f0474844d86cf9aa96bb77851a5ba22e3fd94

SHA-256:
68ee283c186e8f984598deec1468d0b294f5a4669b284fe8a12def60fcc707ee

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:58:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC
4.0.3.15618

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.SpeedingUpMyPC (variant)
9.11797

McAfee
Artemis!1149495828BC
5600.6730

Panda Antivirus
PUP/PCCleaner
15.06.18.06

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0530
7.2.169

File size:
1.6 MB (1,714,920 bytes)

Product version:
4.0

Copyright:
PC Help Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pc-clean-start-401.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/2/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/3/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., O=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
6621BA2E90BF744DB88F6E6F6EBD0F4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:caI5l88j0rK1ovmmp8MlHh1srHlYNls8u5+NVVjbinXBgw:RI5lx0rK1oOmp8WjkXFKQRgw

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9921

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file pc-clean-start-401.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?tracking=PH_EN_PP_GO_SE_US_PCCS&keyword=free pc clean up&campaignID=ADWORDS&gclid=CjwKEAjwtYSsBRCDx6rM1v_uqmsSJAAZgf2qEKpAsNtHjHIjPLnk0n1skIhUCCxN3_6rOSZ1uJnnBxoC9p_w_wcB&go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-clean-start-401.exe

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