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PCTuneUp.exe

PC Tune-Up

NNJ Corporation

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘MRC’. This file is installed with the program PC Tune-Up.
Publisher:
Large Software  (signed by NNJ Corporation)

Product:
PC Tune-Up

Version:
2.1.1.15

MD5:
1c88f2f0719377105639e9ecc7bb038f

SHA-1:
4c075491967357d67309fd85b4f200d8c6adf9b9

SHA-256:
5258442f8994f858a77c4549b4b669d57c81599476cc83eceb98dac60d985188

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 5:08:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Sophos
PUA 'PC Tune-up'
5.23

File size:
2.8 MB (2,970,944 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.1.15

Copyright:
Large Software

Trademarks:
Large Software

Original file name:
PCTuneUp.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc tune-up\pctuneup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NNJ Corporation

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/10/2010 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/10/2011 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=NNJ Corporation, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=NNJ Corporation, L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1E01AA0EF784B4ADE053895F1F3ADD51

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:O+iXFybl9IYDidF/29cX+/cbsIxDtJR5cjRb9ZOboip7r0/u:O9Fyb0YDidt2wvp/GjRxZOUip7rf

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
68, 01, E0, 7F, 00, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, C3, C3, 69, 3A, DA, 0E, 13, 0C, 7E, 3D, 13, 83, B1, 22, E2, 17, B9, 1E, 64, 79, 06, B9, 2E, 01, 98, 03, 61, 3E, F7, E8, 15, E8, 8C, 42, 91, E5, 80, 59, 8F, 7E, 92, 1A, 45, 86, 52, 85, 8A, A7, 36, 94, 8A, 31, 03, FF, 5B, 8C, 26, 30, CD, EA, 9D, 7E, B6, 95, A4, BB, D2, 76, 6F, D0, BD, 96, 8D, B5, 8B, 5B, 3D, 4A, FC, 30, 55, 5B, E8, 53, FE, 60, 00, DB, AB, 36, 88, 6E, BE, 5A, 0A, 53, 49, AA, 23, 27, B5, DA, 34, ED, 82, 18, 2A, 79, 3A, F9, 42, 23, FF, E4, 53, C3, C2, 5A...
 
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Entropy:
7.2201

Packer / compiler:
ASProtect v1.2x (New Strain)

Code size:
2 MB (2,101,760 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
MRC

Command:
"C:\Program Files\pc tune-up\pctuneup.exe" \mbrstart


The file PCTuneUp.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC Tune-Up  by Large Software
Publisher's description - “The registry is one of the most essential components of Windows OS, critical to proper functioning of any PC computer.”
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