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pcpro-installer.exe

PC Cleaner Inc.

The application pcpro-installer.exe by PC Cleaner 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 self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. While running, it connects to the Internet address vps.pc-cleaners.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
PC Cleaner Inc.  (signed and verified)

Description:
PC Cleaner Pro

Version:
16.0.0.36

MD5:
43ff70cf498a2daedc916a85d43ffd6d

SHA-1:
496e9f3ca5a8034bac8408a76bb72ac92453a05d

SHA-256:
08d8fa0063dd9ce90c2d42ce0d627d88f62fd929a25e5275e66eef3d3c632997

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:39:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCCleaner (M)
17.3.13.12

File size:
8.1 MB (8,501,816 bytes)

Product version:
16.0.0.36

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcpro-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Cleaner Inc.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/2/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/2/2017 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=PC Cleaner Inc., O=PC Cleaner Inc., L=Laguna Niguel, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
5AEB7B38CC1C3BBA46863B52F8E2DAAC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/13/2017 4:41:30 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x798B40

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 9F, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, A0, FF, 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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Entropy:
7.9963

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,732,608 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to vps.pc-cleaners.com  (74.208.10.122:80)

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