pchealthboost-setupi.exe

PCHealthBoost-Setup

Boost Software Inc

The application pchealthboost-setupi.exe, “PCHealthBoost Stub Installer TAM2-V ” 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 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 downloads.pchealthboost.com.
Publisher:
BoostSoftware Inc.   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
PCHealthBoost-Setup

Description:
PCHealthBoost Stub Installer TAM2-V

Version:
2.1.1.11

MD5:
c8bf2d093ac3a7e3452beb9900919ab4

SHA-1:
82f8acc3dda50b96b9b4807ee86e0b8520e663c4

SHA-256:
f41ca86b899b6fe987bc94f493dc10683e45436486a82124fa9cb788af9434dc

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 7:51:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

G Data
Win32.Application.PCHealthBoost
14.12.24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.U
14.12.21.4

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-Riskware.PCHealthBoost
3.12.26.3

File size:
2.8 MB (2,970,136 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.1.11

Copyright:
Copyright BoostSoftware Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/13/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 1:59:59 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:
7/9/2014 9:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:J/b0reeIBr9GilUfNBI6KeCwjfjJjdkq/phI5jyBKAzjaM8iQRn/SmnoAhDkl3:Bbcee2r9GiluNBVXCwrjJ5HbkBSjaM8U

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9708

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

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