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purge.exe

Codec Checker

SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG

The application purge.exe, “Uninstaller for Codec Checker” by SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG 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. This file is typically installed with the program Codec Checker by SuperEasy Software.

File name:

purge.exe

Publisher:

SuperEasy Software (signed by SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG)

Product:

Codec Checker

Description:

Uninstaller for Codec Checker

Version:

3.2.0.8

MD5:

c58e0d9d7cb7889e0d0be6111d73d16b

SHA-1:

1b759d11cae2b45919ccc8a72069fe80c3310229

SHA-256:

12198ae6a5e78964d6aaad57313733a54cd7a9bbbc1dfc08509c8fc461d49efd

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/23/2024 6:11:20 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Installer.F

14.12.16.10

File size:

1.1 MB (1,165,264 bytes)

Product version:

3.2.0.8

Original file name:

setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\supereasy software\codec checker\purge.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/28/2008 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/28/2009 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG, OU=www.supereasy.de, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SuperEasy Software GmbH & Co. KG, L=Dortmund, S=NRW, C=DE

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2004 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)04, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

4ED981DD1FE22828FEA21D08351C523E

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/13/2008 5:16:34 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:vV2phEd7MZcPX5nnNHB8P3yp2rFQLv3IEQ9c5H5qxmTT8sBCKyY9cdsDK9KsZYvi:92pCda08Pufzqq8sBCKy0cd8KFQi

Entry address:

0x8079

Entry point:

E8, 5F, 5C, 00, 00, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 56, E8, 13, 2E, 00, 00, 89, 45, 0C, 8B, 46, 0C, A8, 82, 59, 75, 17, E8, A7, 02, 00, 00, C7, 00, 09, 00, 00, 00, 83, 4E, 0C, 20, 83, C8, FF, E9, 2D, 01, 00, 00, A8, 40, 74, 0D, E8, 8C, 02, 00, 00, C7, 00, 22, 00, 00, 00, EB, E3, 53, 33, DB, A8, 01, 74, 16, A8, 10, 89, 5E, 04, 0F, 84, 85, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 4E, 08, 83, E0, FE, 89, 0E, 89, 46, 0C, 8B, 46, 0C, 83, E0, EF, 83, C8, 02, 66, A9, 0C, 01, 89, 46, 0C, 89, 5E, 04, 89, 5D, FC, 75, 2C... 
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Code size:

72 KB (73,728 bytes)

The file purge.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Codec Checker by SuperEasy Software

www.supereasy.de

About 4% of users remove it

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