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pcspeedup.exe

PC Speed Up

Optimal Software s.r.o.

The application pcspeedup.exe by Optimal Software s.r.o 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 www.pcspeedup.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Speedchecker Limited   (signed by Optimal Software s.r.o.)

Product:
PC Speed Up

Version:
3.9.5.0

MD5:
a5f8995e80e792770dcc7ce850fd5cf6

SHA-1:
5350721132450be3e87735c79580897a5de79c1f

SHA-256:
1f3cd584622afcfdf30e5cdce293d980717d5b790ed2e5b2169e61d9cba06d5c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:12:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SpeedChecker.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.12

File size:
6.6 MB (6,921,752 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.5.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Speedchecker Limited 2009-2015

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\content.ie5\mkrfe2hb\pcspeedup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Optimal Software s.r.o.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/29/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/30/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Optimal Software s.r.o., O=Optimal Software s.r.o., STREET=Jablunkovska 2014/40a, L=Cesky Tesin, S=Cesky Tesin, PostalCode=73701, C=CZ

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

Serial number:
50C21E22FC95CC7EFFB6E44F30CE0384

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2011 3:16:50 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:D3SivuAflrAXTGp9P0XDcqFzzfF2w1SqiUecf:DBLckP0XgqlIw1N

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 pcspeedup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=JMC722_joiEdhr5Qq-PXyABQdDHSb&autocountry=1&affId=aed&keyword=JMC722_joiEdhr5Qq-PXyABQdDHSb&referencedWebsite=www.przyspieszkomputer.pl&language=pl

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=JMC1152_w.s7oKARfA-PXyABQdDHJy&autocountry=1&affId=aed&keyword=JMC1152_w.s7oKARfA-PXyABQdDHJy&referencedWebsite=www.przyspieszkomputer.pl&language=pl

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=JEC1152_fXuUaiozev-PXyABQdDHJy&autocountry=1&affId=aed&keyword=JEC1152_fXuUaiozev-PXyABQdDHJy&referencedWebsite=www.przyspieszkomputer.pl&language=pl

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=beforetip&affId=janusz&keyword=beforetip&referencedWebsite=www.przyspieszkomputer.pl&language=pl

http://www.pcspeedup.me/.../download.aspx?k=pocitace&affId=adwords&keyword=pocitace&referencedWebsite=cz.pcspeedup.me&language=cs

http://www.przyspieszkomputer.pl/.../download.aspx?affid=plppc&k=softonic1

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=beforetip4&affId=janusz&keyword=beforetip4&referencedWebsite=www.pcspeedup.co.uk&language=en

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=10201b81579a092b90f3917bfd95b9&autocountry=1&affId=hoffers&keyword=10201b81579a092b90f3917bfd95b9&referencedWebsite=www.velocidadedopc.com.br&language=pt

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=102f12863582f177733b7108d058e9&autocountry=1&affId=hoffers&keyword=102f12863582f177733b7108d058e9&referencedWebsite=www.pcspeedup.se&language=sv

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?referencedWebsite=www.velocidadedopc.com.br&language=pt

http://j.allfreesoft.net/inst/software/B3111F0C-6578-4C1D-AAF8-A0E80FF66418/.../pcspeedup.exe

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?autocountry=1&k=variation4&affId=win8app&keyword=variation4&referencedWebsite=www.acelerarelpc.es&language=es

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?k=JMC1145_IuO1NwckPQ-PXyABQdDHJy&autocountry=1&affId=aed&keyword=JMC1145_IuO1NwckPQ-PXyABQdDHJy&referencedWebsite=www.przyspieszkomputer.pl&language=pl

https://www.wifiprotector.com/.../response.aspx?&requestId=7b9f9f638b8c48b190369d3b6f7dc112&encodedInstallerPath=QzpcaW5ldHB1Ylx3d3dyb290XHByenlzcGllc3prb21wdXRlclxkb3dubG9hZHMvcGNzcGVlZHVwLmV4ZQ==

http://pcspeedup.nl.softonic.com/download-tracker?th=1/6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAOOI0JEyWPmdVq6X t7ei5/RFuKohmZ StbeWFObqNnUopBX2Ssu/oar4KfEmkNyDs/R7Xb5tygMEjGDmcDSTReVq/.../2746u2Fli0I59

http://pcspeedup-7ff.kxcdn.com/.../pcspeedup.exe

https://www.wifiprotector.com/.../response.aspx?&requestId=8d0d8201cd334a7681ff53aadbda2bdc&encodedInstallerPath=QzpcaW5ldHB1Ylx3d3dyb290XHByenlzcGllc3prb21wdXRlclxkb3dubG9hZHMvcGNzcGVlZHVwLmV4ZQ==&edition=

http://link.pcspeedup.com/aff_c?offer_id=5&aff_id=1524&url_id=45&source=box_resultado

http://www.pcspeedup.com/.../download.aspx?referencedWebsite=www.pcspeedup.com&language=en

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