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pclunst.exe

PC Cleaners Inc.

The application pclunst.exe by PC Cleaners 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 is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from pccleaner.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PC Cleaners  (signed by PC Cleaners Inc.)

Product:
PC Cleaners

Description:
PC Cleaner Pro

Version:
10.0.0.0

MD5:
69d7ca7a051309520723c1088accaa32

SHA-1:
ed05c8aaa933834464d180b8dd7d0c3a052454a2

SHA-256:
9a47956ffe2e124db2cf91f0cd4154f0722559fb70086939fd0be01536de9ff5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 1:13:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaner.Installer.Meta (M)
16.6.10.14

File size:
5.3 MB (5,520,656 bytes)

Product version:
10.0.0.0

Copyright:
(c)2015 PC Cleaners Inc. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\ProgramData\pclunst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaners Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/13/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PC Cleaners Inc., O=PC Cleaners Inc., POBox=92677, STREET="220 Newport Center Dr. Suite #197", L=Newport Beach, S=California, PostalCode=92660, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C9E049157A6A920D966DC639E40B25DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2015 12:29:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:+5kfWD8U8GwPdWXTKiDpRy7S4/mi8n85cfTxLOQf8mKDwhv:+afC8KWipRwbcfTxCWTv

Entry address:
0x4E9BB90

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 00, D6, 04, 8D, BE, 00, 10, 6A, FB, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
5.2 MB (5,488,640 bytes)

The file pclunst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://pccleaner.com/app3_Install_eng.exe

http://cleanuninstall.nwpc.safecart.com/.../download?49330686

http://cleanuninstall.nwpc.revenuewire.net/.../download?49330686

http://www.directbrand.com/tracking202/.../pci.php?pci=2493306869

http://www.cleanuninstall.com/download.php

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