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app_german.exe

PC Cleaner Pro

PC Cleaner Inc.

The application app_german.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 setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pc-cleaners.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
(c) PC Cleaners Inc  (signed by PC Cleaner Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaner Pro

Version:
21.0.0.0

MD5:
89e3e607edec7fc7047d54ebde2c59ac

SHA-1:
e74f65dafe69d581589e31846351293a4773691c

SHA-256:
da1c91bcfc10479baf73ea3dede6132053558c7cb21b88170c734e192f8b6419

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 2:51:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

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

File size:
5.1 MB (5,346,712 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_german.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaner Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/11/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/11/2016 1:59:59 AM

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:
10/4/2015 7:55:42 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:ZKkplBViteNCxpmGftTjcnnLOxXqWEX3NvHyowRrQtg6QiTo2tEAdAgz0orIzEm+:HBUtkfGdjqnEXqjd6b6M6Agz0oflv92q

Entry address:
0x8E50F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 7D, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, C2, 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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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
5.1 MB (5,320,704 bytes)

The file app_german.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.pc-cleaners.com/app_German.exe

http://www.pcspeedoptimizer.com/.../download_PCCleanerPro_de.php

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