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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 self-extracting archive and installer 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:
279df94ed6f2ac8de8f2bf748d069fca

SHA-1:
a7d486ad8af73996488f8ee46f3fe8d3cf718a53

SHA-256:
ffdc71e87db11f7c719f2a5f36b39d1438e8413f1ed1197cb15e9991cd8e5fbc

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 7:02:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
5.1 MB (5,366,544 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:
5/10/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/27/2012 12:59:59 AM

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:
8/26/2011 11:21:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:9QMPznV0ceF6EIIkTnFE8hVw8qH1Ma+gwEY7LLtPbBfxq7WKFx:mQ6cbEIDzNE+a+HRLtP9JE

Entry address:
0x3EB8C20

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, DA, 03, 8D, BE, 00, F0, 65, 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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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
5.1 MB (5,337,088 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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