pchealthboost-setup.exe

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
Boost Software Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3b2cec3ff3bcdc9afbb98aca14e800d3

SHA-1:
b7245fc69ae9dd5acbf17535261af5db135f544a

SHA-256:
f42336b0e52aacd6f9bc3718bbaa91614c4125932103aeac5914dd577794e963

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:31:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
8.9136

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.T
14.11.13.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141111

File size:
2.7 MB (2,882,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 7:59:59 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:J+JfsslryOFQ+l6mWRk5hLxjf5SBDvNbj0DmP6Jm6Pegw3LCjczeysVaXC:OtFZDikvOBzWrJm6PeoyYaXC

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7955

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

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