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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. 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:
dba664957b2bb4223ce48104b1c595ea

SHA-1:
ac1b879d01cf794324cdb08214793b3fd1e96bf7

SHA-256:
c9fad71327115f49c93a1890e8e2cfe9751ce0b01c80db039c67af6058066a1d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 2:14:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.1.31.16

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:
5/20/2011 2:52:40 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:5WTsvT4gOaK/VUNzc9EG3HRKCrRWLsgzgj8LTODJuQ+rVAFwWpAW7:nOaKeS73HYCrRWwgzgjpVaewy1

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 Scan

Trigger:
Weekly (Runs weekly on Tuesdays at 11:00 AM)

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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