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pchealthboost-setup.exe

PCHealthBoost-Setup

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe, “PCHealthBoost Stub Installer ” by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The setup program uses the InstallCore monetization download manager to download additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user. The file has been seen being downloaded from pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
BoostSoftware Inc.   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PCHealthBoost-Setup

Description:
PCHealthBoost Stub Installer

Version:
1.1.1.31

MD5:
89a50c1bb1fd750de20339b6128daa76

SHA-1:
23bd4116e840d3f598eea2389c9f51389cbdb356

SHA-256:
78d2ca7404d770710aecd5710849e5cf5486a3b2c892808c8013281438c08d21

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:49:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
infected with BackDoor.Infector.133
9.0.1.029

ESET NOD32
Win32/Distromatic.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
15.1.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.193.14803

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM05.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.1.29.14

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.10

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.9 MB (3,079,112 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.1.31

Copyright:
Copyright BoostSoftware Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pchealthboost-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boost Software Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Boost Software Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Boost Software Inc, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, 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:
747D07834340AFF7F43E2259B7F02CBC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 8:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:x/bECKPmetIBr9GilUfNBI6KUepyNhEJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/9oAhDklx:ZbMPmet2r9GiluNBVpvmJ5HbkBSjaM8o

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9726

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file pchealthboost-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pchealthboost.com/lp/.../download-now.php?_ga=1.250070594.512612873.1410004826

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