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pcperformersetup.exe

PC Performer

Red Balloons Software, LLC

This is part of a Performersoft product, a 'PC optimzation' application that provides minimal benifits and may have been bundled by a third party installer. The application pcperformersetup.exe by Red Balloons Software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Red Balloons Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PC Performer

Version:
1.22.11.13

MD5:
f8a551da106b7cda425e13a25725018a

SHA-1:
58423daf3505b7ee26635d83501f3cd9553a36a5

SHA-256:
a1de2306ec243b53c99cbcce31f3ee155ac9f18ec0f5a9458cc248267bb53d3f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 6:51:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Performersoft (M)
17.2.14.20

File size:
1.6 MB (1,644,616 bytes)

Product version:
1.22.11.13

Copyright:
Copyright 2013

Original file name:
PC Performer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcperformersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Balloons Software, LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/19/2013 7:13:54 PM

Valid to:
11/19/2014 7:13:54 PM

Subject:
CN="Red Balloons Software, LLC", O="Red Balloons Software, LLC", L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B41EF13399233

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/22/2013 11:38:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xAE569

Entry point:
E8, 47, A1, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 20, 3E, 53, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 8D, 47, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, F0, E6, 4A, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9...
 
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Entropy:
6.7358

Code size:
921.5 KB (943,616 bytes)

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