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pcregistryshield.exe

PC Registry Shield

Shield Apps

The application pcregistryshield.exe by Shield Apps has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps.

File name:

Publisher:

ShieldApps (signed by Shield Apps)

Product:

PC Registry Shield

Version:

2.0.69.2372

MD5:

c74830519763a6a44f156a4dac18259f

SHA-1:

0fac65720d8a54a8415c1b28571345a8c7637482

SHA-256:

990528729285b2fd558b50ec7af289bd274e6580aefe632797c2e40cdd3a02ab

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 7:08:10 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Task.Q

14.11.8.21

File size:

10.3 MB (10,813,640 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.69.2372

Trademarks:

PC Registry Shield

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\pc registry shield\pcregistryshield.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Shield Apps

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

5/24/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/25/2013 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Shield Apps, O=Shield Apps, 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:

00F905A195D3B1CCF823462D6C5EEECD72

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/23/2012 6:28:25 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:ZneLLZ1jAYNc7xeS/VNbONYjKpSii304nKDh9xJ6u8NDatMYxnSwky1ryhTETNb:laAFxeS/WNYGikFl9T8wtMJcNb

Entry address:

0xB82C0

Entry point:

E8, DF, 89, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 50, 87, 58, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 61, 8A, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 94, E0, 52, 00, E8, 59, 8B, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, E8, E3, FF, FF, FF, F6, 45, 08, 01, 74, 07, 56, E8, 9D, EE, FD, FF, 59, 8B, C6, 5E, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 83, C1, 09, 51, 83, C0, 09, 50, E8, 91, 8B, 00, 00, F7, D8, 59, 1B, C0, 59, 40, 5D, C2, 04, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 53, 33, DB, 39, 5D, 14, 75, 20, E8, F2, 45, 00, 00, 53... 
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Entropy:

6.9785

Code size:

1.1 MB (1,205,760 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

PC Registry Shield

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

The file pcregistryshield.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps

This is 'registry cleaner' is supposed to optimize a computer by removing invalid registry entries as well as provides some additional utilities.

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