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PCCleaningUtilitySetup.exe

ShieldApps

The application PCCleaningUtilitySetup.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Cleaning Utility.” by ShieldApps has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from pccleaningutility.com.
Publisher:
PC Cleaning Utility  (signed by ShieldApps)

Product:
PC Cleaning Utility

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Cleaning Utility.

Version:
2.8.6

MD5:
55af0af549856ce4945a46311cd9ab79

SHA-1:
4bc09c0dcfbd3bb87a228e90ae6408846184c9fc

SHA-256:
2c2fcf8999bffe07c446508c12e2e2ce624b3261b5e989f73ffcb2274f246dd5

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:08:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Rebrand.LittleRegClean.A potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11573

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Installer.ShieldApps.Meta
15.5.24.19

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0403
7.2.144

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.DoctorAntivirus.Win32.8
2.0.0.2166

File size:
5.6 MB (5,878,216 bytes)

Product version:
2.8.6

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015 PC Cleaning Utility

Original file name:
PCCleaningUtilitySetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ShieldApps

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/9/2015 7:59:00 AM

Subject:
CN=ShieldApps, O=ShieldApps, L=Los Angeles, S=California, 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:
58F1C4E5DDF11C4EB84391400EBE13BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 11:05:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:rG7cl1155MF19VK5ejlSc8X5FRR4rmeguE/XPG9XJnUD5cxD4mlcBn7Rsg4u:OuQ45e8xXY1H2oX1o5cNJKnt4u

Entry address:
0xC87EC

Entry point:
E8, 4A, CC, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, F0, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 1E, E8, 5D, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, C5, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, C2, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 0C, 77, 1E, E8, 39, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, A1, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 14, 66, 89, 06, 0F, 95, C0, 40, 39, 45, 0C, 77, 09, E8, 0A, 4D, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, CF, 8B, 45, 10, 83, C0, FE, 83, F8, 22, 77...
 
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Entropy:
7.7436  (probably packed)

Code size:
1021.5 KB (1,046,016 bytes)

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

http://pccleaningutility.com/download

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