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pc utility kit installer.exe

Red Dog Media, Inc.

The application pc utility kit installer.exe, “PC Utility Kit Installer” by Red Dog Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.pcutilitykit.com.
Publisher:
Red Dog Media, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Description:
PC Utility Kit Installer

Version:
3.1.3.0

MD5:
abb92490abcdedee41b6b733f50ea311

SHA-1:
ae81df107870179f1ec993e3f486dbbbb0252295

SHA-256:
2791f8e6036e944522ebf4d0d2e6062f7cce558aa6c86e2bac3181baa66ea469

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:15:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.Y
14.3.22.11

File size:
4.5 MB (4,765,704 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Red Dog Media, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pc utility kit installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Dog Media, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/21/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/21/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Red Dog Media, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Red Dog Media, Inc.", L=Henderson, S=Nevada, C=US

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:
3E252606673E72704B095960C72696BF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Fv6MX7/PSKdfpNVsl5PU9OTsJ0EWIAfU+1ECWXd7xC3b:Fv6Mr9pN6yYTsJ0EWIjF5xQ

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9915

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file pc utility kit installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloads.pcutilitykit.com/PC Utility Kit Installer.exe

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