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pchf.exe

PC Software LLC

The application pchf.exe, “PC HealthFix Setup” by PC Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 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 pchealthfix.com.
Publisher:
PC HealthFix  (signed by PC Software LLC)

Product:
PC HealthFix

Description:
PC HealthFix Setup

Version:
1.0

MD5:
4752d06cfa81a11f99a132a2ca7e9fc9

SHA-1:
8ef71ec838f1121a6b24f85e07e9f076b858eff4

SHA-256:
a71fc9f729d973dab07aae09bcda22b112f3d6c954f32e202e126a1030a89258

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 11:51:33 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.E
14.7.29.11

File size:
5.3 MB (5,592,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\pchf.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Software LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/4/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/5/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Software LLC, O=PC Software LLC, STREET=1209 Orange Street, L=Wilmington, S=DE, PostalCode=19801, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00A104C28EB3B1B9A10BB8B7E6D8F55850

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/30/2012 6:38:32 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
8.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:lOkDXS/0t6P3Y7Az13jfChzO2cbL/elcDcJ7otuAplZO0QY/7wf5ey23ky:lOUCRI0z13DC5OHbLWGDcJMtuAbZ7EfO

Entry address:
0x1596F

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 58, 92, 41, 00, 68, 00, 5B, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, E0, 71, 41, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 64, FC, 41, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 68, FC, 41, 00, FF, FF, 15, E4, 71, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 44, DC, 41, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, E8, 71, 41, 00, 8B, 0D, 40, DC, 41, 00, 89, 08, A1, EC, 71, 41, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 60, FC, 41, 00, E8, 1D, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, D0, B8, 41, 00, 75, 0C, 68, F8, 5A, 41, 00, FF, 15, F0, 71...
 
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Entropy:
7.9929

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

The file pchf.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pchealthfix.com/Download/.../pchf.exe

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