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pchealthboost-setup.exe

PCHealthBoost-Setup

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe, “PCHealthBoost Stub Installer KEN2-V ” by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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 downloads.pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
BoostSoftware Inc.   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PCHealthBoost-Setup

Description:
PCHealthBoost Stub Installer KEN2-V

Version:
2.1.1.11

MD5:
9d3112ab9192ae0e4af06326b114f1f6

SHA-1:
239398f066767403db2d7e6be14878b8bc5b7d28

SHA-256:
4dac42b679bb851bd0d2001c3ba7f63a0cd7cfecafc2ef5fbbfd391b655fa71b

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:42:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Boostsoft
2017.0.2850

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
10.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.PCSpeedBoost
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.200.15223

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!6F759EFCEDE8
5600.6506

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.1.28.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Eorezo.a!1075356178
23.00.65.16126

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.14

Total Defense
Win32/PCHealth.VFOFfAD
37.1.62.1

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.8 MB (2,925,840 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.1.11

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 7:59:59 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:19WbUzsIBrCGilUfNBI6KeCwjfjJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/W68d9fyNmW5n:TWbUQ2rCGiluNBVXCwrjJ5HbkBSjaM84

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:
7.9817

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 URL.

http://downloads.pchealthboost.com/v/k2/pchb/.../repair-download.php

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