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mpcolauncher.exe

Max PC Optimizer

Ask4expert Technologies Private Limited

The application mpcolauncher.exe by Ask4expert Technologies Private 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 set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Max PC Optimizer’.
Publisher:
Ask4Expert Technologies  (signed by Ask4expert Technologies Private Limited)

Product:
Max PC Optimizer

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
332376610324c11dd2e3a50579920ddf

SHA-1:
d813cd39ad854ed839a0b67f2ddf5051f282af08

SHA-256:
dd1f252d1e12f3676056640c4ff14b5048919d64acedf5aca2b5bfe4dc3caf3b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/1/2024 1:46:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Pointstone.Startup
16.6.17.23

File size:
114.5 KB (117,256 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.0.0

Copyright:
Ask4Expert Technologies

Trademarks:
Ask4Expert Technologies

Original file name:
MaxPCOptimizer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\windows\mpcolauncher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ask4expert Technologies Private Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/27/2012 8:06:09 PM

Valid to:
12/27/2013 8:06:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Ask4expert Technologies Private Limited, O=Ask4expert Technologies Private Limited, L=Delhi, S=Delhi, C=IN

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0428066853CA3F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:7wuvVWKICWZnLap0KJErdLVyLdPKQOWOP9Ufre9j0q:7NeLkhi2l1q

Entry address:
0x12A80

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, B9, 09, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 49, 75, F9, B8, F0, 29, 41, 00, E8, DB, 2B, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 98, 2D, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 8D, 55, E8, 33, C0, E8, 2B, FE, FE, FF, 8B, 45, E8, 8D, 55, EC, E8, 50, 44, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 84, 48, 41, 00, E8, CF, 0F, FF, FF, B9, AC, 2D, 41, 00, BA, B8, 2D, 41, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 80, E8, 9B, FD, FF, FF, 84, C0, 75, 50, 8D, 45, E4, B9, 08, 2E, 41, 00, 8B, 15, 84, 48, 41, 00, E8, 38, 12, FF, FF, 8B, 45, E4, E8, B0, 43, FF, FF, 84, C0, 74, 31...
 
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Entropy:
6.4562

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
72 KB (73,728 bytes)

Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Max PC Optimizer

Command:
C:\windows\mpcolauncher.exe


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