ccleaner - chip-downloader.exe

OCSClient

Chip Xonio Online GmbH

The application ccleaner - chip-downloader.exe by Chip Xonio Online GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Chip Digital OCSClient installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Piriform CCleaner but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Chip Xonio Online GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Version:
1.00

MD5:
71e481d9ee37e3370a719a88faf5cabf

SHA-1:
590ba3f63338c30beccf0a9f23d4221ec8fa7650

SHA-256:
c03ce4c2734ba964829d50106dc0054c9b2429a91edb3c05484c50f6b5a38443

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
7/12/2025 3:28:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Chip Digital (M)
17.3.12.8

File size:
604.4 KB (618,912 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\ccleaner - chip-downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/10/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/11/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Chip Xonio Online GmbH, OU=Technik, O=Chip Xonio Online GmbH, STREET=Poccistr. 11, L=Munich, S=Bavaria, PostalCode=80336, C=DE

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

Serial number:
09DE539116119D768EF1B680FD38CBE0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/6/2013 3:00:27 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1620

Entry point:
68, 08, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 7B, 67, F9, EA, 84, 54, 4E, A4, BC, 2A, 76, AB, 0B, F1, 47, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 6E, 64, 72, 65, 5C, 44, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, C2, 2F, AF, 82, E1, C0, 51, 41, AC, 43, D4, F0, FF, 27, A6, DB, A9, 21, E0, 4B, 04, AD, DB, 48, A5, 77, 75, FA, 53, 79, 63, 15, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
96 KB (98,304 bytes)

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