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fpcguard.exe

Faster PC Performance Monitor

Search Safer Inc

The application fpcguard.exe by Search Safer Inc has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Search Safer Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
Faster PC Performance Monitor

Version:
3.2.0.0

MD5:
8f8d978d4fbb3e0642f7563ddff36c06

SHA-1:
c4eb02b6c70f8ae0990cb0e1030e84eadf387f7f

SHA-256:
7796c7797f4d60d2887cbbf8990162f53f2ef90ad22836a1ddfb43687d205c54

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 5:29:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.20.17

File size:
841.4 KB (861,616 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.0.0

Copyright:
Search Safer Inc

Trademarks:
Search Safer Inc

Original file name:
FPCGuard

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\faster pc\fpcguard.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Search Safer Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/14/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/15/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Search Safer Inc, OU=Search Safer Inc, O=Search Safer Inc, STREET=665 3rd street Suite 150, L=San Francisco, S=California, PostalCode=94107, C=US

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

Serial number:
0928969D76ECF08EC8C9172F9E4DEA37

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZI/siWk+m+UVnonXCogxb8reKWIRlkoA02987WmiWZ:ZqsLhQnoXC/b+TWWlfA097WmbZ

Entry address:
0x573C8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B8, 71, 45, 00, E8, C8, E9, FA, FF, 68, 5C, 74, 45, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 01, 00, 1F, 00, E8, 67, ED, FA, FF, 85, C0, 75, 67, 68, 5C, 74, 45, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, E8, AD, EB, FA, FF, A1, 8C, 90, 45, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 39, 98, FF, FF, A1, 8C, 90, 45, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 70, 74, 45, 00, E8, 20, 94, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, 7C, 91, 45, 00, A1, 8C, 90, 45, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, D8, 68, 45, 00, E8, 28, 98, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, B4, 91, 45, 00, A1, 8C, 90, 45, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 40, 55, 45, 00, E8, 10, 98, FF, FF...
 
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Entropy:
5.1644

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
345.5 KB (353,792 bytes)

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