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LiveUpdate.exe

System Cleaner

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application LiveUpdate.exe by Pointstone Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address pointstone.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Pointstone Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
System Cleaner

Description:
Live Update

Version:
6.0.0.0

MD5:
d0c002475963162727e6cb8266e7f29c

SHA-1:
396be0578b8a1949455b2e82fcc6c1bfc2a8d399

SHA-256:
9b20795079696545a4599d1b1128182c1c7a05bff7bfb5fdf90b001a9144aff4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/20/2024 1:03:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Pointstone
16.10.28.2

File size:
268.5 KB (274,976 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © 1997 - 2016 Pointstone Software, LLC. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
System Cleaner is a registered trademark of Pointstone Software, LLC. (United States Patent and Trademark Office registration number 2926385)

Original file name:
LiveUpdate.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pointstone\system cleaner 7\liveupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/12/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/13/2019 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

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

Serial number:
1E600E539078A378196FBC5627EB6553

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/26/2016 12:10:14 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:HDZ/xRSqDdQHM1UGak06+jzaFAPyqF2tO:jZpIWQHM1UGa2O

Entry address:
0xE4A8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 08, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, B8, 5C, C4, 40, 00, E8, 3F, 2D, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 36, E7, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 45, E8, E8, 01, 3E, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E8, BA, 50, E7, 40, 00, 8B, 08, FF, 51, 0C, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 08, 3D, FF, FF, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 22, 3D, FF, FF, A1, 7C, 2A, 41, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 68, E7, 40, 00, E8, D9, 3C, FF, FF, E8, BC, 3D, FF, FF, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 08, 8B, 10, FF, 52, 50, 8B, 15, 80, F1, 40, 00, 88, 02, 8D, 45...
 
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Entropy:
7.0559

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to pointstone.com  (108.61.26.20:80)

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