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PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application livesupport-2e8bf2b3-b26a-412a-8a30-19171ccc6f9f.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited 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 is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
763c001b8f098c43e34c2559898f0f96

SHA-1:
b9bb988a8291e823c41fec5726cc3b31014fab45

SHA-256:
6ac19faab796b2f986394fa97542758b385fdd534fe4bf5b1db577368f21cd51

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 10:00:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities (M)
17.3.8.1

File size:
5 MB (5,271,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\livesupport-2e8bf2b3-b26a-412a-8a30-19171ccc6f9f.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/20/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
2/21/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, STREET=78 York Street, L=London, S=England, PostalCode=W1H 1DP, C=GB

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

Serial number:
00950E57C386D6B1EDADD9385C821B8BC8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/16/2014 7:24:53 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x3D74C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, EC, A5, 43, 00, E8, 14, C4, FC, FF, E8, 03, 86, FC, FF, 8D, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9669

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
240.5 KB (246,272 bytes)

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