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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:
a7e1153ab62f7ed6fab8aa1cdbd28a7f

SHA-1:
f054def57937a6a86bca3317c6c23251be9bd384

SHA-256:
e66f1553be68af186075011e01cce064e9b3a0ab46f79601ae8dbe111917daa3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 10:49:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win64.Generic
16.2.5.1

File size:
420.9 KB (430,992 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.8

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

Original file name:
StartApps.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win64 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 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/22/2011 12:59:59 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:
3/23/2011 11:07:48 AM

OS version:
5.2

OS bitness:
Win64

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AnYNjCPl6PCp74NfZMPpLn7LKFA2wa4wfJ:An7YJfZMP9nienwR

Entry address:
0x28D68

Entry point:
48, 83, EC, 28, E8, 57, 41, 00, 00, 48, 83, C4, 28, E9, 16, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 66, 66, 0F, 1F, 84, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 3B, 0D, 49, D0, 02, 00, 75, 11, 48, C1, C1, 10, 66, F7, C1, FF, FF, 75, 02, F3, C3, 48, C1, C9, 10, E9, CD, 41, 00, 00, CC, 40, 53, 48, 83, EC, 20, BA, 08, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 4A, 18, E8, 71, 43, 00, 00, 48, 8B, C8, 48, 8B, D8, E8, 52, 3D, 00, 00, 48, 89, 05, 9B, 46, 03, 00, 48, 89, 05, 8C, 46, 03, 00, 48, 85, DB, 75, 05, 8D, 43, 18, EB, 06, 48, 83...
 
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Code size:
244 KB (249,856 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC Optimizer Pro64 startups

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
Runs PC Optimizer Pro64 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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