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pcboostersetup.exe

The application pcboostersetup.exe 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.pcbooster.com.
MD5:
8ec03f5f76bea1eff1c76bd44d8a6641

SHA-1:
c277f8aed9ee26e84ae3d54bd9c19caa280a3e1d

SHA-256:
464e64c53351a43e35465e9df48003401cd23776dec6474ca6c7ae7758920d9e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 2:44:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCBooster (L)
16.8.5.17

File size:
4 MB (4,173,148 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcboostersetup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 1:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:KS9RoT60ZhCeTl4SOmcfojZnnos4k4+DLK8eGu4W3DfP:B412hUoRkhK8eGu4sP

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:
7.9860

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file pcboostersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.pcbooster.com/2014/.../PCBoosterSetup.exe

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