PCSpeedUpMDSetup.exe

Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

The application PCSpeedUpMDSetup.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PCSpeedUpMD.” by Vertical PC Solutions has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from toolkit.shieldapps.info.
Publisher:
PCSpeedUpMD  (signed by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC)

Product:
PCSpeedUpMD

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PCSpeedUpMD.

Version:
2.5.5

MD5:
9c4317a3bbeebe6e9e23307c4e1871ca

SHA-1:
081c2658beedef446f69c8966a17cef031e8ecd3

SHA-256:
9ad979ebd1bad67530abbb30ea6c8ba83d0b4bb55ff80e7c4121f52b55a987c7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:12:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.VerticalPCSolutions.Q
14.12.16.10

File size:
5.8 MB (6,095,832 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 PCSpeedUpMD

Original file name:
PCSpeedUpMDSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcspeedupmdsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/19/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/20/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", O="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", STREET=1499 W Palmetto Park Rd., STREET=Suite 110, L=Boca Raton, S=Florida, PostalCode=33486, C=US

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

Serial number:
00FCE8E20936593BA0FECCE89F213382EB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/21/2014 2:03:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:j2BxX/sFFsoWHKe2/Y35R+F3a21I5jjwPhPUsnVdZJcZbLlVj6UBmbx2U5iw8ow:jWPX5RAK13wPpUMVpcZnL2U4F2U5itH

Entry address:
0xC4C6B

Entry point:
E8, 42, CC, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, F0, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 1E, E8, 5E, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, C6, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, C2, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 0C, 77, 1E, E8, 3A, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, A2, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 14, 66, 89, 06, 0F, 95, C0, 40, 39, 45, 0C, 77, 09, E8, 0B, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, CF, 8B, 45, 10, 83, C0, FE, 83, F8, 22, 77...
 
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Entropy:
7.7520  (probably packed)

Code size:
1004 KB (1,028,096 bytes)

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