pc utility kit installer.exe

Red Dog Media, Inc.

The application pc utility kit installer.exe, “PC Utility Kit Installer” 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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from fix-kit.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Red Dog Media  (signed by Red Dog Media, Inc.)

Description:
PC Utility Kit Installer

Version:
3.2.0.0

MD5:
fb592c93408f4f5c39b796a9c01fee0a

SHA-1:
2845bcacbf3c6e906e427eed55d19f0d024acfb7

SHA-256:
79993e41e2ff27eae326cdeb4f40cb766d2b0531136210a71af84addb2443d35

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 12:15:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.RedDogMedia.Y
14.3.17.15

File size:
5.9 MB (6,202,336 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Red Dog Media

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pc utility kit installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/7/2013 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2014 3:59:59 AM

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:
2/24/2012 11:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:mve92fq37nBxvlgBRuzXz+d+z4tnp3sGxey9LmJZsS+tfRwT+uqb7EAuMw0Lu:mved3VxuBEXz+dTtp3sGxnLYsS+HwT+w

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9982

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file pc utility kit installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 27 URLs.

http://fix-kit.com/Download.aspx?kwd=Microsoft-Security-Essentials&als=00011&nid=1&dist=GS&uq=microsoft security essentials&cid=16653487325&vx=o&gclid=CJeLydmL6LwCFWXnwgodQB0AUA

http://fix-kit.com/Download.aspx?kwd=Microsoft-Security-Essentials&nid=1&dist=GS&uq=microsoft security essentials&cid=16576113485&vx=o

http://fix-kit.com/Download.aspx?kwd=Download-Antivirus-Free&als=00011&nid=1&dist=GS&uq= download antivirus free&cid=16656901205&vx=o&gclid=CN6-nZGgg70CFQnpwgod8DcARg

http://fix-kit.com/Download.aspx?kwd=Internet-Browser-Repair&als=00010&nid=1&dist=GS&uq= chrome&cid=16644185885&vx=o&gclid=CPzixNjVjr0CFfNxOgodwXcA0A

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