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registrycleaner.exe

Max Secure Software

The application registrycleaner.exe, “Registry Cleaner ” by Max Secure Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Max Secure Software   (signed by Max Secure Software)

Description:
Registry Cleaner

Version:
6.0.0.000

MD5:
283e3a30bfaa2d337df794d57359bc3e

SHA-1:
3d76bb766ca19eb79850c19066bbb3914295cc28

SHA-256:
3282a9c37e7f82e6f8e089479d350e81819a861a853ecb6cc489b38f8a639be6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
9/14/2025 4:38:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSecure.Optional.Meta (L)
16.6.23.3

File size:
2.3 MB (2,448,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Secure Software

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
1/9/2006 10:34:12 PM

Valid to:
1/9/2007 10:34:12 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Secure Software, OU=Max Secure Software, O=Max Secure Software, L=Pune, S=MH, C=In

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
0516D537F962944EEBAAD36EE0A17FAE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:5klZlQeXvgxtm6gtEyK0iustvsonyUkYkNr3pmB3GV6eUB:yJHIxtm6gmy8ueHytNpmB3GVu

Entry address:
0x94E4

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, D4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, E4, E8, E2, 9B, FF, FF, E8, 8D, AE, FF, FF, E8, 80, D0, FF, FF, E8, C7, D0, FF, FF, E8, DA, F5, FF, FF, BE, C4, BD, 40, 00, 33, C0, 55, 68, C0, 9B, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 76, 9B, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, EF, FE, FF, FF, E8, AE, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 40, D5, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, B8, BD, 40, 00, E8, 93, 9C, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, B8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9944

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
35.5 KB (36,352 bytes)

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