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pchealthboost-setup.exe

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe by Boost Software Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
Boost Software Inc  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0c48040a7508ebce16d5841fc1ce3c33

SHA-1:
bb20693de844160488896b3be5f5b3583ffe7f55

SHA-256:
93981f5228f2876ba283379cf1c574a333e95608ad9b6e530c1ec585d410af8b

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/7/2024 5:53:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.103096
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BX potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.7.27.14

File size:
2.8 MB (2,889,560 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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:
4/11/2016 11:59:59 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:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:D+JfsslryOFQ+l6mWRk5hLxjf5SBDvNbj0DmP6Jm6Pegw3LCjczeysVaX:UtFZDikvOBzWrJm6PeoyYaX

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7924

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://download.pchealthboost.com/boost/gcp/.../?dl=1&bst=1&tid=&tid3=15093&ver=2.3.1.807

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