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Cu_.exe

PC Utility Kit

Red Dog Media, Inc.

The application Cu_.exe by Red Dog Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program PC Utility Kit by Red Dog Media which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Red Dog Media  (signed by Red Dog Media, Inc.)

Product:
PC Utility Kit

Version:
3.1.4.0

MD5:
abb5bd9d8c84e3adff8d92a4c0fcabdc

SHA-1:
e09b8a215e8eeb8fb29015f00b71e8c8429498fd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 4:47:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.RedDogMedia.Installer
15.9.4.18

File size:
237.3 KB (243,016 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Red Dog Media

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\Local settings\temp\{random}.tmp\cu_.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Dog Media, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/21/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/21/2013 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Red Dog Media, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Red Dog Media, Inc.", L=Henderson, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3E252606673E72704B095960C72696BF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 7:20:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:3GarUa6LowvuhdNYh2Gf9rg6hzGPnGQZs7PVJPuUfhPNpkdds1JXauNWfKW3Xo0O:t5BuYAVrgUCPnzsXZfh6hEWS4oH

Entry address:
0x38AF

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 68, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 90, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 90, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 92, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, EB, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, EA, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, A2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 91, 40, 00, 68, 4C, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 6A, 47, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 90, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, F0, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.2865

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
29 KB (29,696 bytes)

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

PC Utility Kit  by Red Dog Media
This is a PC optimization program that is supposed to increase the speed of computer by removing invalid entries the computer's registry.
www.pcutilitykit.com
About 62% of users remove it
 
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