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The application pccleanerav.exe by Support Expert 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 set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘PC Antivirus’.
Publisher:
Support Expert Inc.  (signed by Support Expert)

Product:
PC Cleaners

Version:
10.0.0.0

MD5:
ad3c61612aa1545f395d27a110213f0d

SHA-1:
5577bb08a6f73320e5bbd3c9e1252875d3a4737c

SHA-256:
a33414022ea83fb3d7b98017e183e5497746435ddd16c1fe45243ae232621542

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:45:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaners.Optional (L)
16.7.26.14

File size:
53 MB (55,527,144 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c) Support Expert Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCGUI.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc antivirus\pccleanerav.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Support Expert

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/9/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/10/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Support Expert, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Support Expert, L=Dana Point, 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:
0B41FFD52664E6BD23439D13C78284B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/15/2013 1:53:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:I/HMtB+gdtct3xxM9TiyOvpHpACCfOL16BHiVSvbobZtO5xkliVD42dK8dY:IEft8xx1Np3rYTobZl2dK8dY

Entry address:
0x677CD

Entry point:
E8, 29, 60, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, F4, 77, 4B, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, AB, 60, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 14, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 04, 33, C0, EB, 65, 39, 7D, 08, 75, 1B, E8, A5, 21, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, 57, 57, 57, 57, 57, E8, 35, 0F, 00, 00, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, EB, 45, 39, 7D, 10, 74, 16, 39, 75, 0C, 72, 11, 56, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 70, 61, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, EB, C1, FF, 75, 0C, 57, FF, 75, 08, E8, EF, 19, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 39, 7D, 10, 74, B6, 39, 75, 0C, 73...
 
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Entropy:
2.6598

Code size:
547.5 KB (560,640 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
PC Antivirus

Command:
"C:\Program Files\pc antivirus\pccleanerav.exe" \minimize


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