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pccleaner-optimizer.exe

PC Cleaners Inc.

The application pccleaner-optimizer.exe by PC Cleaners 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 is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from pc-cleaners.com.
Publisher:
PC Cleaners  (signed by PC Cleaners Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaners

Description:
PC Cleaner Pro

Version:
10.0.0.0

MD5:
71c36d09972b79b75fa2f157156424b0

SHA-1:
15770046643fe6a02cd06aa66f8f608577941529

SHA-256:
9ed05d0eae40f61eac101089b28e5c9bcc7f3bcbca0a2ab0d4e3fe6f7e8a4395

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 6:04:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaner.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.14

File size:
5.1 MB (5,326,064 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c) PC Cleaners. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pccleaner-optimizer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaners Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Cleaners Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PC Cleaners Inc., L=Newport Beach, S=California, 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:
0D8D6A63396D197575990A769C1CC0C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/11/2013 12:11:21 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:KjpU7yY8Tf1HZNpNKpgm2yAWrUTBtKUZyVw/oBR:ipUeLT1ZngN2uUfKUcw/e

Entry address:
0x4405BC0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 2F, 04, 8D, BE, 00, 80, 10, FC, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9253

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
5.1 MB (5,296,128 bytes)

The file pccleaner-optimizer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pc-cleaners.com/PCCleaner-Optimizer.exe

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