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pcspeedmaximizer.exe

PC Speed Maximizer

Smart PC Solutions

The application pcspeedmaximizer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from fastpcfixes.com.
Publisher:
Smart PC Solutions

Product:
PC Speed Maximizer

Version:
3.2

MD5:
40fd7354cda9fc82a59da01537e86200

SHA-1:
1ba1ef7788e59e2b863469ae0e24496c96ab6723

SHA-256:
4a94db4f2eaf287ba0699eb25f52d831c735aed20c36635b968fe85ec0890be9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 7:11:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCSpeed.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.3.4.12

File size:
3.9 MB (4,104,172 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

Copyright:
Smart PC Solutions

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:9H766kOgz0wX9U1uA89P7YhYFYQ/3hI1PBuwtzlgc8LtB0VIvN4UPAHXH:5fs0wX9U1uAaTYhygA0+B02N4UI3H

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E4, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://fastpcfixes.com/adv/pc/.../download.php

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