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 10 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:
1.1.1.45

MD5:
b089ead1a691b208659651e95f24c49d

SHA-1:
7ac61247f098b6cc4063c23829232b69be63ebd5

SHA-256:
d9e160aaef732cbd80f0bc1919b3e276bc9ca78b83be5622b52f89c30297bd90

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:00:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Boostsoft
2016.0.3234

Dr.Web
infected with BackDoor.Infector.133
9.0.1.010

ESET NOD32
Win32/Distromatic.C potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Distromatic
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.190.14602

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM05.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.T
15.1.10.7

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.9 MB (3,079,680 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.1.45

Copyright:
Copyright BoostSoftware Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
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):
49152:7/baCKPmeeIBr9GilUfNBI6KUepyNhEJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/x1oAhDkl:rbOPmee2r9GiluNBVpvmJ5HbkBSjaM8S

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.

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