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About.exe

Ratchet Infotech LLC

The application About.exe, “About Information” by Ratchet Infotech 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 Doctor Ratchet Antivirus Plus by Doctor Ratchet AV Plus.
Publisher:
Doctor Ratchet Antivirus Plus  (signed by Ratchet Infotech LLC)

Product:
Doctor Ratchet Antivirus Plus

Description:
About Information

Version:
18.12.0.946 105323

MD5:
17b4d48e282044bdc678366a3ff0c79b

SHA-1:
cf03d06860d1d1cf700e1731d4a6e1a97df7b04d

SHA-256:
f22eb87fc181f7b864b05d135163b0950a12be7c88c7c43c453538e1b7d438b9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2025 3:00:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Pointstone
16.7.29.14

File size:
330.8 KB (338,776 bytes)

Product version:
18.12.0.946 105323

Copyright:
©Ratchet LLC

Original file name:
About.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\doctor ratchet av plus\doctor ratchet antivirus plus\about.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ratchet Infotech LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/4/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/5/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ratchet Infotech LLC, O=Ratchet Infotech LLC, STREET="1827, Delware Ave", STREET=Wilmington, L=Wilmington, S=DELAWARE, PostalCode=19806, C=US

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

Serial number:
00EAA81C9744FACB7BEEE4283D386B4DE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/4/2014 5:17:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:lrXELdVaI1KoOXWRXMxcKqc4TIe7gffjrfTqfBYd5n8HyrbFXBkp8jcgqwYluJah:FE2CfmdFXBjKbFTnD

Entry address:
0xA76E

Entry point:
E8, E0, 03, 00, 00, E9, 6B, FD, FF, FF, FF, 25, 08, C1, 40, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 30, 06, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 2C, 06, 41, 00, 89, 15, 28, 06, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 24, 06, 41, 00, 89, 35, 20, 06, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 1C, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 48, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 3C, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 18, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 14, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 10, 06, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 0C, 06, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 40, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 34, 06, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 38, 06, 41, 00, 8D...
 
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Entropy:
6.4050

Code size:
42 KB (43,008 bytes)

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

Doctor Ratchet Antivirus Plus  by Doctor Ratchet AV Plus
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