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PCPrivacyShieldSetup.exe

PC Privacy Shield

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The application PCPrivacyShieldSetup.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Privacy Shield.” by ShieldApps has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcprivacyshield.com.
Publisher:
Shield Apps  (signed by ShieldApps)

Product:
PC Privacy Shield

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Privacy Shield.

Version:
2.0.3

MD5:
2f3cae92b7cb244f7f00578b01bc40b3

SHA-1:
ed5c74b23497fd1618aa2ea011a8deed994dd455

SHA-256:
0e4f76f1389afd9f2afa14e5c67fc6fe792f5b17cb950b8aec75785a9ee9a2da

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:42:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.9.11.11

File size:
4.1 MB (4,350,784 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.3

Copyright:
Copyright (C) PC Privacy Shield

Original file name:
PCPrivacyShieldSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ShieldApps

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/17/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ShieldApps, O=ShieldApps, STREET="5042 WILSHIRE BLVD #18607", L=Los Angeles, S=California, PostalCode=90036, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
632B7D136E516FB1DB7B7D0D2831E18B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2013 4:41:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:yiUAz/423/F89Q75hjsXD6PGdoQ6vGzXrhEf+sIVe4yqrBNxX:yiM2tt51dJQ3zXrhS+sIVs6BnX

Entry address:
0xB01B9

Entry point:
E8, A8, C9, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, F0, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 1E, E8, 00, 48, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, CB, EB, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, C2, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 0C, 77, 1E, E8, DC, 47, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, A7, EB, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 14, 66, 89, 06, 0F, 95, C0, 40, 39, 45, 0C, 77, 09, E8, AD, 47, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, CF, 8B, 45, 10, 83, C0, FE, 83, F8, 22, 77...
 
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Entropy:
7.6628

Code size:
910.5 KB (932,352 bytes)

The file PCPrivacyShieldSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pcprivacyshield.com/down

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