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pchealthboost-setup.exe

The application pchealthboost-setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.
MD5:
53420ba701945c786a5608ae645ba268

SHA-1:
da6764ffe36f74a3ae40ff01d9858cecd849289a

SHA-256:
a7786224676ec3950e3a14a3cd574fa0953d3cf1179fc7f387e21a4be8ea6e53

Scanner detections:
4 / 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 5:37:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24814
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-42c63c6c
v6.4.7.1.166

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14522

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

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pchealthboost-setup.exe

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=&ver=12.2.15.26

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