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HandleUpdate.dll

PGsurfer

Red Dog Media, Inc.

The module HandleUpdate.dll 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. This file is typically installed with the program PC Utility Kit by Red Dog Media which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Paretologic  (signed by Red Dog Media, Inc.)

Product:
PGsurfer

Description:
HandleUpdate.dll

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
65bc550cc4608cedc9d1908de6935ea8

SHA-1:
a48378b7e72e63d047c9c7aa950d8f2f34d3a10d

SHA-256:
efb71c9db90d88c509b98ffa5796eedb006315b8c723fa5ad65586698a06ca3f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 12:48:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.RedDogMedia.M
14.9.26.0

File size:
1.6 MB (1,631,744 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
ParetoLogic. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
HandleUpdate.dll

File type:
Dynamic link library (Win32 DLL)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc utility kit\pc utility kit\handleupdate.dll

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Dog Media, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/6/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/7/2014 3:59:59 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:
7BDD59F0011C63DAEAAC6B43E7CAA6C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2014 11:17:44 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:cRdmg2N77gKqehfyjpKERve9XBDRWnT1qwJ4FEpmpjzK/a7Pi1Fwtf:2mp3RqehfyjpKEpSxVkT4wJjmtzK/azN

Entry address:
0xF6122

Entry point:
8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 0C, 01, 75, 05, E8, 2D, 6D, 00, 00, FF, 75, 08, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 55, 0C, E8, EC, FE, FF, FF, 59, 5D, C2, 0C, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, C0, 75, 16, 10, 00, 75, 18, E8, 6C, 6F, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, B6, 6D, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, E5, 06, 00, 00, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3, EB, 03, 33, C0, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, C0, 75, 16, 10, FF, 15, 1C, A3, 11, 10, 8B, F8, 85, FF, 75, 26, 6A, 0C, 5E, 39, 05, F4, 7B, 16, 10, 74, 0D, 53...
 
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Entropy:
6.4778

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,147,904 bytes)

The file HandleUpdate.dll 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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