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WinBooster 2012

Dr Salman Zafar

The application winboost.exe, “WinBooster 2012 Setup” by Dr Salman Zafar 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.
Publisher:
Digital Millenium Inc  (signed by Dr Salman Zafar)

Product:
WinBooster 2012

Description:
WinBooster 2012 Setup

Version:
6.81.0.2013

MD5:
7703190fe071927548d817cda9aa7140

SHA-1:
bdf9289a589e952439546a5867f022ca526e1bcf

SHA-256:
8d867027f96b36fb884ed3e612e398e35236e2923fb33831bb6d0ef51f2a0f80

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:58:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DrSalmanZafar.Installer (M)
15.7.29.17

File size:
1.9 MB (2,027,504 bytes)

Product version:
6.81.0.2013

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 Digital Millenium Inc

Original file name:
winboost.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\winboost.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dr Salman Zafar

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/3/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2013 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dr Salman Zafar, O=Dr Salman Zafar, STREET=8 Achilles Road, L=Coventry, S=West Midlands, PostalCode=CV6 7NH, C=GB

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

Serial number:
7BDC15504020A97470E73278B5718D59

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/31/2011 7:44:13 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2QmA5i8Z0EWw71Hr82WZO96vd4njEf0wuFpoI8B:2QmQi8ZZ7fW4I4njE8wAoB

Entry address:
0x1D20

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 28, 21, 40, 00, 68, A0, 1E, 40, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 88, 20, 40, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 54, 35, 40, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 58, 35, 40, 00, FF, FF, 15, 84, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, CC, 32, 40, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, 80, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, C8, 32, 40, 00, 89, 08, A1, 7C, 20, 40, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 5C, 35, 40, 00, E8, 10, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, BC, 32, 40, 00, 75, 0C, 68, 9C, 1E, 40, 00, FF, 15, 78, 20...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
4 KB (4,096 bytes)

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