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PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application setup.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 25 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. Also know as BrowserDefender, this bundled service will prevent various web browser toolbars and extensions from running as well as block changes to the search page and provider.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a303f23a8dab6203e1ca961bd2bbfb93

SHA-1:
7e71c99c70afda14014745192903e71cabe5ea06

SHA-256:
e296b359bcd9006237fc2dd451d2061e52283885eb5705dcc1d1c2724e2b37c9

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
4/29/2024 9:58:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Bprotector.B
1024

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.PWS.Tibia
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BProtector.B.1
7.11.146.2

avast!
Win32:BProtect-J [Trj]
2014.9-140808

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3502

Bitdefender
Adware.Bprotector.B
1.0.20.530

Dr.Web
Trojan.PWS.Tibia.2591
9.0.1.0106

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Bprotector
8.14.04.16.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/SpeedingUpMyPC
8.9736

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/SpeedingUpMyPC
6/13/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Bprotector.B
11.2014-16-04_4

G Data
Adware.Bprotector
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of optimizerpro.exe (PUP)
2014.6.13.6

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.Bprotector
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.180.12586

Kaspersky
Trojan-Ransom.Win32.ZedoPoo
14.0.0.3719

McAfee
Artemis!FF3ACDE6D0B8
5600.7154

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Bprotector.B
15.0.0.318

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.cxypoi
0.28.0.60577

nProtect
Adware.Bprotector.B
14.04.29.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.08.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.cf2
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PCUtilities.F
14.8.8.3

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0414
7.2.164

Vba32 AntiVirus
Hoax.ZedoPoo
3.12.26.3

File size:
6.8 MB (7,136,784 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Serbiska (latinskt, Serbien)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2013 8:29:35 PM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 4:23:14 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, L=London, S=UK, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B239BABC97410

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2014 4:39:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:x4PUxzcXZ6EJHx99Fs7zIGEEn5I6eis0GY363:x4OAdZshEE66dG

Entry address:
0x6869

Entry point:
E8, 67, 5F, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, FF, 35, 84, E2, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 60, 41, 00, 85, C0, 74, 02, FF, D0, 6A, 19, E8, D9, 53, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, E8, FC, 2E, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, E9, C1, 2E, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B...
 
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Code size:
81.5 KB (83,456 bytes)

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