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pc-cleaner-5000.exe

PC Cleaner

PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

The executable pc-cleaner-5000.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from webtools.pchelpsoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Help Soft   (signed by PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaner

Version:
5.0

MD5:
70be86a448101078a0e31f4c74e8a277

SHA-1:
e93da4a05263e28afb1fbdcef6f5fb5405ad5f9c

SHA-256:
b7ff4ae174c6136c2fd828c791b2be7f689f359e0cb11cd2af4bcd25c93813cb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:37:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Optional.PCHelpSoft.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.24.14

File size:
2.2 MB (2,314,248 bytes)

Product version:
5.0

Copyright:
PC Help Soft

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pc-cleaner-5000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC HelpSoft Labs Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/26/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/26/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., O=PC HelpSoft Labs Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5BF17138E97AA928FD8A09C5915E975F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2a5ZNuGM/zERxouBWzI1JTlscdpoYFT2esXENmJRTzxCjLAEinXBgH:n5uRzK1QI1hvfFTpjAR/IURgH

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file pc-cleaner-5000.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-cleaner-5000.exe&tracking=PH_FR_PP_GO_CO_PCC&keyword=pc cleaner&campaignID=ADWORDS&gclid=CJ-lk7zZ8c0CFQmqaQodzA8NKg

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-cleaner-5000.exe&tracking=PH_FR_PP_GO_SE_PCC&keyword= cclean&campaignID=ADWORDS&gclid=CJS2zY2L-80CFWsW0wodZYUEYQ

http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-cleaner-5000.exe

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-cleaner-5000.exe&tracking=PH_FR_PP_GO_CO_PCC&keyword=pc cleaner&campaignID=ADWORDS&gclid=CJaKke7Q8s0CFY4V0wodyWIGnQ

http://webtools.pchelpsoft.com/download.cfm?go=http://cdn2.pchelpsoft.com/.../pc-cleaner-5000.exe&tracking=PH_FR_PP_GO_SE_PCC&keyword=pccleaner&campaignID=ADWORDS&gclid=CjwKEAjw-r27BRCzsNyzrMrM-j0SJACp2TiBytOJiRhbCU0FoXTNpcz6EIsCemT3hSHOc1gzYJy58hoCYFLw_wcB

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