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pchealthboost-setup.exe

PC HealthBoost

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe by Boost Software Inc 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 cdn.pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
Boost Software Inc.  (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PC HealthBoost

Version:
2.1.3.0

MD5:
61c428e8c272f0358a36378d1e92a51d

SHA-1:
49cbad2a1754f229fd75b60eed0831a3c7f70138

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 6:33:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.BoostSoftware.Installer.Meta
15.6.21.13

File size:
2.1 MB (2,197,272 bytes)

Copyright:
Boost Software Inc.™

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\pchealthboost-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boost Software Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/21/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2013 6:59:59 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:
7F6864EF9E0BF8DE63BCE3FFF21CA176

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:/d7lA7YmAzWjOiFJodLbJFaQComdyuX2ebG4HQEbYZ29GV:/d7aAzoOiF6LbJPCoyyuX2kvHQEbWV

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9917

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://cdn.pchealthboost.com/PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe

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