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pchksmartscan.exe

PC Health Kit Smart Scan

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application pchksmartscan.exe by Smart PC Solutions has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PC Health Kit v3.2 by PC Health Labs which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
PC Health Labs  (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
PC Health Kit Smart Scan

Version:
3.2.0.0

MD5:
6f5c1b268fe5d190f356c6efd2e8b53a

SHA-1:
3bebf99af57cafd3f68c6be14d04309696560e6f

SHA-256:
74b3080b7808dadb344669dda6a001581a026f668d2c19a2363779508f17775c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 7:05:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities (M)
17.2.13.12

File size:
478.1 KB (489,584 bytes)

Product version:
3.2.0.0

Copyright:
PC Health Labs

Trademarks:
PC Health Labs

Original file name:
PCHKSmartScan

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc health kit\pchksmartscan.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
10/14/2013 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/25/2014 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=0661796-3., OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Virginia, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3D1EC03375367AD2596A200ED9646A81

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x4F698

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, B8, A0, F4, 44, 00, E8, 8F, 66, FB, FF, 68, 98, F8, 44, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 01, 00, 1F, 00, E8, 36, 6A, FB, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 85, CF, 01, 00, 00, 68, 98, F8, 44, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 80, 68, FB, FF, B9, B0, F8, 44, 00, BA, C4, F8, 44, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 80, E8, 0C, E2, FF, FF, 8B, D8, 85, DB, 75, 71, 6A, 01, BA, C4, F8, 44, 00, B9, E4, F8, 44, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 80, E8, 64, E5, FF, FF, 6A, 00, BA, C4, F8, 44, 00, B9, F8, F8, 44, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 80, E8, 12, E4, FF, FF, 6A, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4162

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
314.5 KB (322,048 bytes)

The file pchksmartscan.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC Health Kit v3.2  by PC Health Labs
PC Health Kit is a PC optimization program that is co-bundled with various 3rd party download managers. The software is a rebranded version of PC Performer distributed.
www.pchealthkit.com
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