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PC Registry Shield

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The application updater.exe, “updater 2.3.5, 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.
Publisher:
ShieldApps  (signed and verified)

Product:
PC Registry Shield

Description:
updater 2.3.5, 2013

Version:
2.3.5

MD5:
ded3fa6714d2cfa5de792a52b9dabdf4

SHA-1:
eb08f2dc8738221ec8c7e1cbaeb1ddea0709bd72

SHA-256:
303eeb9f4bb1ee28960402a59133d74e42c74e83e6275800211a5f7dcfb568a8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 1:33:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.2.11.6

File size:
414.5 KB (424,408 bytes)

Product version:
2.3.5

Copyright:
Copyright (C) ShieldApps

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 2.3.5\install\a32d55b\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ShieldApps

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/17/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2014 5:29:59 AM

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

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

Serial number:
632B7D136E516FB1DB7B7D0D2831E18B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/30/2013 8:12:32 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:dCBVD6BI9FFmHK/WY29gyIWr6Zlaz4RL1:YB8BAoK+T9gyIQvz4RZ

Entry address:
0x11231

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 71, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, 68, A0, 12, 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, 00, 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, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33...
 
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Entropy:
6.9230

Code size:
222.5 KB (227,840 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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