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The application pcregistryshieldsetup.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. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
ShieldApps   (signed by Shield Apps)

Product:
PC Registry Shield

Version:
PC Registry Shield

MD5:
d48f5e5c15c7460c2b05b5d9e62e8dca

SHA-1:
7ec1913743d45e6d22ebb68f8084b8b9ccbd7cbf

SHA-256:
c9ad5a564963d2d5242644155f444d99d496dfa6cfde430874ab221534dbd087

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 2:53:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.V
14.5.1.16

File size:
3.8 MB (4,028,800 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

Copyright:
© ShieldApps

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcregistryshieldsetup.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:
10/30/2010 10:54:54 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:7AXI2kaLwreYX9NW38sStuxb0llmjh08wvt:sAapq941Sl5FF

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B0, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 4E, EC, FF, FF, E8, F5, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, AC, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, AC, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file pcregistryshieldsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/pcrseu/.../PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe

http://pcregistryshield.com/.../

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/.../PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe

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