adwcleaner.exe

MD5:
df06dc5837316ea78746e3f790a950ed

SHA-1:
1c9b6658aadecc84cd4930ee18d284181bd4d6b0

SHA-256:
50de462d2fb3d5ac56c47457197d18f58365f723172278f9b0891852f862c943

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

False Positives:
A number of engines detected this file but were erroneous detections (false positives).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 11:52:44 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

File size:
1.9 MB (1,950,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2014 6:18:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:/kwkn9IMHeawdJO0RMauu53Cg1zp6l8aPCS:sdnVIds8bd5SgroPC

Entry address:
0x26BF7

Entry point:
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Entropy:
7.5131

Code size:
560 KB (573,440 bytes)

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