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pcspeedboost3.exe

Forden Limited

The application pcspeedboost3.exe, “Fix PC problems and optimize performance ” by Forden Limited 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.
Publisher:
PC Speed Boost   (signed by Forden Limited)

Product:
PC Speed Boost

Description:
Fix PC problems and optimize performance

Version:
3.1

MD5:
c28a2bd4d848158aaea1439eac4a9822

SHA-1:
60e1b9a7cb8b2e42cb770dddfc8128a422dd8568

SHA-256:
7261ea3c6235b0bddb4067245cdd6b433336d21f6e988a6da86ac315bd586a3f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:50:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCSpeedBoost.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.1.27.14

File size:
3 MB (3,188,992 bytes)

Product version:
3.1

Copyright:
PC Speed Boost

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\pcspeedboost\pcspeedboost3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Forden Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/12/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Forden Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Forden Limited, L=Hong Kong, S=Hong Kong, C=HK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
30A63367DC811CCA7538AE8B9943EF70

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:WasqJI6vHmn9cZFwvMLg0pKQM6KXmw7kac7Bx57p5NqTbLcQQA6inXBg3:HfW6qGPgLfS7BHVyLc0pRg3

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9974

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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