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 10 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:
1c67007db0fd419f70288a7009c5de28

SHA-1:
6919a74fcf0baad44d0ea79a0048ed915bcd6df1

SHA-256:
194024055d6b0c9d51d376f1f05e7b75d01712929d0ba90f6de9b8fe062cead4

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 5:51:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Boostsoft
2016.0.3090

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
9.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
15.6.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.PCSpeedBoost
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.200.15223

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Installer.Meta
15.6.2.16

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Eorezo.a!1075356178
23.00.65.15531

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 (2,925,848 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
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/13/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 12:59:59 AM

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 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:N9WbUzsIBrCGilUfNBI6KeCwjfjJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/W68d9fyNmW5p:7WbUQ2rCGiluNBVXCwrjJ5HbkBSjaM8d

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.

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