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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 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 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:
2.2.8

MD5:
a46f093eff358c7e513dceb34778b03d

SHA-1:
90d71fe3470e19659b7827119fa8fbacd12e78a2

SHA-256:
4f8daf38a17b971d0ce5c53ad8a18337b3d4b900f41a5635a43f904da31a362a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 6:38:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.W
14.8.1.0

File size:
2.8 MB (2,958,672 bytes)

Copyright:
Boost Software Inc.™

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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:/dTlRoxarS+x+OE8LNFkKmfxmMU2+2TVcFU9WnOw/W2+RMDgZUVOrdyfiwMH+tAP:/dpRoY7+9ogKmUMUH2TVOUcOsWDMJV+X

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

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 2 URLs.

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

http://www.pchealthboost.com/m/1/.../download-now.php

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