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app-english-installer.exe

PC Cleaner Pro

PC Cleaner Inc.

The application app-english-installer.exe by PC Cleaner 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from RevenueWire's affiliate distribution platform pcnet.nwpc.revenuewire.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
(c) PC Cleaners Inc  (signed by PC Cleaner Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaner Pro

Version:
21.0.0.0

MD5:
9c8dab3b6c6d20230185336fb2060ad6

SHA-1:
d7037b60dbf2e3f032afafeb9ab9425b71a55329

SHA-256:
21d18020ceb1378b1bf9858bd2163e6ea32dde37e3f508cbcb8647607e75ec69

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:24:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaner.cPCClean.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.14

File size:
4.2 MB (4,451,224 bytes)

Product version:
21.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c)2016 PC Cleaners Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\app-english-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaner Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/10/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/10/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Cleaner Inc., O=PC Cleaner Inc., L=Laguna Niguel, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3D4B99D267157B4AE7602BBCE79FE9DE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/11/2016 4:43:08 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:odq8QPReiO6PGrROwUkvnKtqTezmY3np0eZiQ5dvR1dV6rjjF5zFt8NzuuzYN11R:5JeiOXrcw5vWqT4BjE81qrjh+Nzq1oI1

Entry address:
0x904160

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 8C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, B3, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.7957

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
4.2 MB (4,423,680 bytes)

The file app-english-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://pcnet.nwpc.revenuewire.net/.../download

http://www.completeuninstall.com/download.php

temp:app2_eng_v.exe

http://www.pc-cleaners.com/app-English-Installer.exe

http://windows.errorhelper.com/.../

http://www.cleanuninstall.com/download.php

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