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PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe

PC Registry Shield

ShieldApps

The application PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Registry Shield.” by ShieldApps 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcregistryshield.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
ShieldApps  (signed and verified)

Product:
PC Registry Shield

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install PC Registry Shield.

Version:
2.5.7

MD5:
a768c71d7a43221c5e255bf2df9b37af

SHA-1:
557ef88994b09810663f45fdcd1a9c064e18da79

SHA-256:
587a7c4e80befb0d4ac2810139e741a34595fdc82c336619e493def9516728ca

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 3:19:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.V
14.10.7.16

File size:
5.6 MB (5,869,464 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.7

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 ShieldApps

Original file name:
PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pcregistryshieldsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ShieldApps

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/8/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/9/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=ShieldApps, O=ShieldApps, L=Los Angeles, S=California, 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:
58F1C4E5DDF11C4EB84391400EBE13BB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/12/2014 6:30:15 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:KqKMgb6ViwLMX8b6vekQM5ikc9qjKQCMG915BqWNDMrsStLKkXx3z:2XmAMb+e65ikyXJMG7azRtLnXVz

Entry address:
0xC875C

Entry point:
E8, 47, CC, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 56, 8B, F0, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 1E, E8, 5D, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, C5, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, C2, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 0C, 77, 1E, E8, 39, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 53, 53, 53, 53, 53, 89, 30, E8, A1, D5, FF, FF, 83, C4, 14, 8B, C6, E9, 9D, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 39, 5D, 14, 66, 89, 06, 0F, 95, C0, 40, 39, 45, 0C, 77, 09, E8, 0A, 4E, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, CF, 8B, 45, 10, 83, C0, FE, 83, F8, 22, 77...
 
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Entropy:
7.7685  (probably packed)

Code size:
1021.5 KB (1,046,016 bytes)

The file PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://pcregistryshield.com/download_usa

https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../PCRegistryShieldSetup.exe

http://pcregistryshield.com/.../

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