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uninst.exe

PC Cleaners Inc.

The application uninst.exe by PC Cleaners has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pc-cleaners.com.
Publisher:
PC Cleaners  (signed by PC Cleaners Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaners

Description:
PCSetup

Version:
10.0.0.0

MD5:
b6447e6e322256fc22ebcb55399f37a2

SHA-1:
083af268b55958297aa508b9aefb6774b44aed01

SHA-256:
98508268c03b5db09aa134705ea77c1acdb208c9a69bdf8ce02a5ccbf1ac808f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:01:35 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaner.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.14

File size:
5.1 MB (5,356,304 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c) PC Cleaners. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\uninst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaners Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/9/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/26/2012 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Cleaners Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PC Cleaners Inc., L=Newport Beach, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
440A97C2F8BE34654CDD9D1ADCF81D64

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2011 12:31:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:NKYS/Brc/5h5bEQOevq2erCVpsNOMj1aG0hf7D7VmbTVSPIGkYKWiS:NKlcPnlvh58UH7cFA6m

Entry address:
0x3EB24A0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, D9, 03, 8D, BE, 00, 30, 66, FC, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9191

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
5.1 MB (5,328,896 bytes)

The file uninst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pc-cleaners.com/PCsetup.exe

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