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ProcessStopper.exe

Process Stopper

Speedchecker Ltd

This is part of a Performersoft product, a 'PC optimzation' application that provides minimal benifits and may have been bundled by a third party installer. The application ProcessStopper.exe by Speedchecker has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PC Beschleunigen.
Publisher:
Speedchecker  (signed by Speedchecker Ltd)

Product:
Process Stopper

Version:
1.0.1.0

MD5:
6f38c779adec5f87147afe514927f9ed

SHA-1:
aa1e322ed27bdc18ffe7045bdeb08d2fb7a30cdd

SHA-256:
6db8207b238d81f365d94cf60e69ff56d7e042cff0efaead076a778d2cf70607

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/18/2024 3:06:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Performersoft.Speedchecker (M)
16.2.3.0

File size:
9.2 KB (9,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © Speedchecker Limited 2010

Original file name:
ProcessStopper.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc speed up\processstopper.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Speedchecker Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
1/10/2011 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/9/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Speedchecker Ltd, O=Speedchecker Ltd, STREET=2 high royd lane, L=Sheffield, S=Sheffield, PostalCode=S36 7JR, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
00F4384CEDE86AE94F0E52BBF94CD1E0B4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/16/2011 12:07:38 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
8.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
192:bnoYbISrszyznIAnyowJL/CbcWg2Y6EZfl3L:boY1GyznIaYJLCbcY83L

Entry address:
0x283E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.9734

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.5 KB (2,560 bytes)

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

PC Beschleunigen  by PC Beschleunigen
www.pcbeschleunigen.de
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