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InternetAccelerator.exe

Pointstone Internet Accelerator

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application InternetAccelerator.exe, “Accelerates any Windows internet connection in seconds” by Pointstone Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Internet Accelerator 2 by Pointstone Software, LLC.

File name:

Publisher:

Pointstone Software, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

Pointstone Internet Accelerator

Description:

Accelerates any Windows internet connection in seconds

Version:

2.0.3.90

MD5:

c2b03e5361d445a94fd211f61402a2e3

SHA-1:

6228e56dd8b2fe19f924369655322a390c897ad1

SHA-256:

f85e986a06408c426e35d3c409c8237d7af7b2fe33a19530ce10d425e5ffa220

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

12/25/2024 12:55:03 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Pointstone.Task

16.11.23.12

File size:

3.4 MB (3,556,840 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.0.0

Trademarks:

Pointstone Internet Accelerator, Pointstone and Allera are trademarks of Pointstone Software, LLC

Original file name:

InternetAccelerator.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\pointstone\internet accelerator 2\internetaccelerator.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/18/2019 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

295E9C7CC2F53D0164D35D1EC33C0801

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/20/2014 8:19:20 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:DMfU+3wt2Wp4J+SYeWGq9UJRKBO4O7bevclTAnxt4vEio98ZDn:Gwt2Wmw9UJRExOWkzb

Entry address:

0x2A0F50

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E8, 33, C0, 89, 45, E8, B8, A4, 51, 69, 00, E8, 8B, AD, D6, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 6C, 10, 6A, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 1C, 3E, D6, FF, 8B, 45, E8, BA, 84, 10, 6A, 00, E8, CB, 7D, D6, FF, 75, 11, A1, B8, EC, 6A, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 5D, AA, F0, FF, E9, B6, 00, 00, 00, E8, E3, B2, F1, FF, E8, 92, A4, F1, FF, E8, 05, DE, D6, FF, B9, A8, 10, 6A, 00, B2, 01, A1, D4, 99, 4B, 00, E8, 04, 9B, E1, FF, 89, 45, EC, 33, C0, 55, 68, 0E, 10, 6A, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89... 
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Entropy:

6.6126

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

2.6 MB (2,752,000 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

Internet Accelerator Startup

Path:

\Pointstone\Internet Accelerator\Internet Accelerator Startup

Trigger:

Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:

Load Internet Accelerator at windows startup.

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

Internet Accelerator 2 by Pointstone Software, LLC

www.InternetAccelerator.info

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