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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 daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps.
Publisher:
ShieldApps  (signed by Shield Apps)

Product:
PC Registry Shield

Version:
2.0.69.2604

MD5:
1dddce2096e7901cb12005fd1093f72a

SHA-1:
624e54f2e4b0bf369b1af43a7103f631358eb89c

SHA-256:
dcee64913e43a14964656f07ef0cd0824234c7d9b16b622237e7128ac36114b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 3:25:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.2.14.4

File size:
10.3 MB (10,793,576 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.69.2604

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2012 Systweak Inc. All rights reserved.

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 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/25/2013 1:59:59 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:
3/1/2013 2:13:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:vHkoNKh1jxDTkDeS/VNbONYopSMi304nKDh9xJ6u8NDatMYxnSwky1ryhTETN6:vkoNSkDeS/WNYmikFl9T8wtMJcN6

Entry address:
0xB8530

Entry point:
E8, E0, 89, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, 50, 97, 58, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 62, 8A, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 51, C7, 01, 94, E0, 52, 00, E8, 5A, 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, A3, 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, A1, 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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Code size:
1.2 MB (1,206,272 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC Registry Shield_DEFAULT

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 15:01)


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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