pchealthboost-setup.exe

PCHealthBoost-Setup

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe, “PCHealthBoost Stub Installer KENT-INJECTED ” by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. 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 www.freshpcfix.com.
Publisher:
BoostSoftware Inc.   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PCHealthBoost-Setup

Description:
PCHealthBoost Stub Installer KENT-INJECTED

Version:
1.1.1.45

MD5:
8ee8ad9d03ba3155de90bba854cba3c4

SHA-1:
906bd78390732af22cd535cdcde994f7f29b59fc

SHA-256:
ad7eaf89f1c5b9080e95229c59be5e01cc57e6d1021a08d54ffc24223ebb43ed

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:33:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Boostsoft
2015.0.3257

Dr.Web
riskware program Program.Unwanted.120
9.0.1.05190

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
14.12.24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.T
14.12.17.14

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.8 MB (2,959,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.1.45

Copyright:
Copyright BoostSoftware Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:/9WblzsIBrCGilUfNBI6rhwTuUepyNhEJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/WG8d9fA:lWblQ2rCGiluNBVrhkvmJ5HbkBSjaM83

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9822

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

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