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PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe

PC HealthBoost

Boost Software Inc

The application PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe, “PC HealthBoost is a Boost Software Inc. product” by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from pchealthboost.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Boost Software Inc.  (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PC HealthBoost

Description:
PC HealthBoost is a Boost Software Inc. product

Version:
2.3.1

MD5:
08eb3f2677a5f9b28f002ab603513c7a

SHA-1:
7fed9949ae7ae9cc23dc239e8729c44b266fa4b2

SHA-256:
e98729d1600d74268f3355f67e9492d9c0ac76d876b4ec48ce9af907cd4389a7

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 6:13:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.Installer.BoostSoftware.T
2013.8.2.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.T
14.8.1.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Agent!6.250
23.00.65.131208

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1206
7.2.344

File size:
2.9 MB (2,995,280 bytes)

Copyright:
Boost Software Inc.™

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:hdteYwFqLECGZ2oOCGWr49fYs4HhBwwWAEvnGDkto9vBEjAzj+Y+4fRslLHtaCzD:hdtbHLQ49fYs4Hf9WAEvGDku92Uzj+rD

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:
7.9950  (probably packed)

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

http://pchealthboost.com/m/13/lp/.../download-now.php

http://windowsdiagnostic.com/.../error_repair_tool.php

http://secure3.pchealthboost.revenuewire.net/.../download

http://www.pchealthboost.com/lp/.../download_now.php

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/66/04/.../PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe

http://pchealthboost.com/m/.../download_now.php

http://testdi.pchealthboost.revenuewire.net/pchealthboost/.../

http://maxprosoft.pchealthboost.safecart.com/.../download

http://maxprosoft.pchealthboost.revenuewire.net/.../download

http://optimize-your-pc.com/download_now.php

http://ppdjs.brothersoft.com/ppd_stat.php?url=/d.php?soft_id=492947&url=http://cdn.pchealthboost.com/PCHealthBoost-Setup.exe&c=e6bcjRa0MgvRV84AEt4hLpJeFCfcg6jYA koXDjBHo4ivRrGf5L0t80WGl1n8maiDBnZYSU9Mn0f3GCqfpcrNZ6PStvnR0XXPB711wk9dlVdMrk/.../DV6r04wrKLIcRXmgoHa9AIVzxNr9pyT8P4zjg

http://pchealthboost.com/m/.../download-now.php

http://www.pchealthboost.com/m/.../download-now.php

http://cpvfeed.mediatraffic.com/redir.php?ac=1363&sac=1005:adk2&dat=a577de6079ed0bff02e29edd7d151c83&cpv=0.22270&url_pop=http://cpvtrk.info/base.php?c=122&key=ca761a138c6b6184127277e5132ddc8b&keyw_passthru=ww.pchealthboost.com&target_passthrough=ww.pchealthboost.com&ctl=Jq2XS3WhOUJjAw==&def=&hwd=&md=0&mp=18&mod=keywords&kw=pchealthboost.com&fci=&ffc=&rqu1=www.pchealthboost.com/&rqu2=m/.../speed-up-windows-7.php

http://cpvtrk.info/base.php?c=122&key=ca761a138c6b6184127277e5132ddc8b&keyw_passthru=ww.pchealthboost.com&target_passthrough=ww.pchealthboost.com

http://sooyeshun.pchealthboost.revenuewire.net/.../download?imnnl3de_122_1478859&target_passthrough=ww.pchealthboost.com

http://sooyeshun.pchealthboost.safecart.com/.../download?imnnl3de_122_1478859&target_passthrough=ww.pchealthboost.com

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

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

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