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pchealthboost-setup.exe

PCHealthBoost-Setup

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe, “PCHealthBoost Stub Installer ” by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore monetization download manager to download additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pchealthboost.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
BoostSoftware Inc.   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PCHealthBoost-Setup

Description:
PCHealthBoost Stub Installer

Version:
1.1.0.21

MD5:
f827659150d92abc70c25879d5018f31

SHA-1:
01330f414c33fdc7bfb037b9e5c2bb1dbec4da85

SHA-256:
d4d711ca1fd1d74d2542718589c92673a87f6d7e62e1c3a88540bbea77afb62a

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 12:02:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
infected with BackDoor.Infector.133
9.0.1.063

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of pchealthboost-setup(1).exe
2015.6.11.13

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.PCSpeedBoost
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM05.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.3.4.22

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
58

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.8 MB (2,956,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.21

Copyright:
Copyright BoostSoftware Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pchealthboost-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boost Software Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/12/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Boost Software Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Boost Software Inc, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, 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:
747D07834340AFF7F43E2259B7F02CBC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:M9WbqzsIBrefdGilUfNBI6rhwTuUepyNhEJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/WoB5:GWbqQ2roGiluNBVrhkvmJ5HbkBSjaM8x

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9822

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file pchealthboost-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://www.pchealthboost.com/repair/.../download.php

http://med30.pchealthboost.safecart.com/pchealthboost/.../

http://www.pchealthboost.com/repair/.../download-hoplink.php?click=1737962966&sub=22652_

http://byvue.com/?a=22652&c=1263206&m=32&s2=216255&s3=1&s4=us

http://track-link.us/tracking202/.../off.php?acip=8365&pci=82162555

http://track-link.us/tracking202/.../go.php?acip=8365

http://fastpcfixes.com/1/.../download.php

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