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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 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 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:
d24cce8f691fc7b04f7ad296f70c5715

SHA-1:
7823cb15c2d1b3c976bb78bfe3879fb59cc85ef0

SHA-256:
a788e98567269b0b5e9d7c025e1b39365f1142027d50e2fa467e90a8635ff28e

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:06:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Boostsoft
2016.0.3181

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
9.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of pchealthboost-setup(3).exe
2015.6.10.21

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.PCSpeedBoost
t3scan.1.8.9.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.3.4.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Eorezo.a!1075356178
23.00.65.15302

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 (2,925,856 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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\pchealthboost-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boost Software Inc

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:l9WbUzsIBrCGilUfNBI6KeCwjfjJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/W68d9fyNmW5n:DWbUQ2rCGiluNBVXCwrjJ5HbkBSjaM84

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://pchealthboost.com/lp/.../download-now.php?_ga=1.81265875.550817696.1425319272

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