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updater.exe

PC Registry Shield

ShieldApps

The application updater.exe, “updater 2.5.5, 2013” by ShieldApps 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 file is typically installed with the program PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps.

File name:

updater.exe

Publisher:

ShieldApps (signed and verified)

Product:

PC Registry Shield

Description:

updater 2.5.5, 2013

Version:

2.5.5

MD5:

74c0ec5f80d7e9ea4fc36be9998a01db

SHA-1:

d4fd0cfbab44ce897b955871d3ed4cb1836e8773

SHA-256:

c4bd99824e3e9f482bfe3d15dc8b1b2538330e32395f017b2380b99d542d1973

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/18/2024 1:29:01 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.ShieldApps.H

14.8.28.21

File size:

429 KB (439,248 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.5

Original file name:

updater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\shieldapps\pc registry shield 2.5.5\install\96cb94c\updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

ShieldApps

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/21/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/21/2017 8:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=ShieldApps, O=ShieldApps, STREET="5042 WILSHIRE BLVD #18607", L=Los Angeles, S=CA, PostalCode=90036, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00BF7B1D88A75BC0648B334EC9478005E3

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/21/2014 5:58:41 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:B5Xfl4sbi09q0XsbSQHTOJq9cyIWr6Zlaz4JK7w:/X+sTrXsbSQHTOJq9cyIQvz4Jp

Entry address:

0x11789

Entry point:

E8, E7, 75, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, 68, F0, 17, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 44, 20, 44, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, 44, 20, 44, 00, 57, 8B, 06... 
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Entropy:

6.8998

Code size:

231 KB (236,544 bytes)

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

PC Registry Shield by ShieldApps

This is 'registry cleaner' is supposed to optimize a computer by removing invalid registry entries as well as provides some additional utilities.

pcregistryshield.com

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