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StartApps.exe

Boosting for Main Application

Xportsoft Technologies

The application StartApps.exe, “Starting up the applicaiton” by Xportsoft Technologies has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program PC Optimizer Pro by PC Optimizer Pro, Inc..
Publisher:
Tweaking Tools  (signed by Xportsoft Technologies)

Product:
Boosting for Main Application

Description:
Starting up the applicaiton

Version:
1.0.0.8

MD5:
6456c524d08c22b1ec05d7bcb2d7e33e

SHA-1:
755ae611d99a879a73ce313ab868b45dbf1dde27

SHA-256:
e5e03e2084ac07e1ccbc51366d376f599d0cf9d3fa2ea20a2313d7e9e013c728

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 5:53:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.2.1.18

File size:
337.9 KB (346,000 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.8

Copyright:
(c) Tweaking Tools. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
StartApps.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc optimizer pro\startapps.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xportsoft Technologies

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
10/21/2010 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2011 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Xportsoft Technologies, O=Xportsoft Technologies, STREET="Office NO 12-13, Chhabra Complex", STREET=Mahesh Nagar, L=Ambala Cantt, S=Haryana, PostalCode=133001, C=IN

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

Serial number:
56FBF8A7717FD9CBB90C753FF0F4E25F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2011 7:29:52 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:LWTsvT4gOaK/VUNzc9EG3HRKCrRWLsgzgj8LTODJu/+rOAFwWpAWf:1OaKeS73HYCrRWwgzgjpVtbwyl

Entry address:
0x1DFF8

Entry point:
E8, 03, 51, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, B0, 07, 44, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 85, 51, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 57, FF, 35, 88, 57, 44, 00, E8, 89, 4B, 00, 00, FF, 35, 84, 57, 44, 00, 8B, F8, 89, 7D, FC, E8, 79, 4B, 00, 00, 8B, F0, 59, 59, 3B, F7, 0F, 82, 83, 00, 00, 00, 8B, DE, 2B, DF, 8D, 43, 04, 83, F8, 04, 72, 77, 57, E8, BF, 32, 00, 00, 8B, F8, 8D, 43, 04, 59, 3B, F8, 73, 48, B8, 00, 08, 00, 00, 3B, F8, 73, 02, 8B, C7, 03, C7, 3B, C7, 72, 0F, 50, FF, 75, FC, E8, B6, 52, 00, 00, 59...
 
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Entropy:
6.2123

Code size:
196 KB (200,704 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC Optimizer Pro startups

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
Runs PC Optimizer Pro at Scheduled Time.


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

PC Optimizer Pro  by PC Optimizer Pro, Inc.
This is a PC optimization program that is supposed to increase the speed of computer by removing invalid entries the computer's registry.
www.twekingtools.com/PC Optimizer Pro
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