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pcspeedmaximizer.exe

The application pcspeedmaximizer.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from filecdn2.avanquest.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
dd1213de55c5f1e1997fb5f83f5c1ba4

SHA-1:
4eda534062e733b66189b17efa217f7edfbd8bee

SHA-256:
5dfcd75d74569065839a2a2af04bcea8df6712404def608d83b12759212823be

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 11:48:36 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Patched.Ren.Gen
7.11.141.160

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.PCSpeed.Meta
15.6.11.15

File size:
2.7 MB (2,798,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:u2DW/IpFiRh101erjFQKYXLAi7A4u4wBfzieWjwOr+Zol+pcptC:3D3F4b5cb9cTXqwOr+Zol+x

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
E8, 47, 88, FF, FF, 83, 3D, FC, CD, 40, 00, 00, 74, 19, 6A, 32, 68, FA, 00, 00, 00, B9, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 15, FC, CD, 40, 00, 33, C0, E8, FD, F2, FF, FF, 83, 3D, F4, CD, 40, 00, 00, 74, 10, A1, F4, CD, 40, 00, E8, 02, 93, FF, FF, 50, E8, A4, A3, FF, FF, 83, 3D, 44, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0B, A1, 44, B2, 40, 00, 50, E8, 08, A4, FF, FF, 83, 3D, D8, CD, 40, 00, 00, 74, 26, A1, D8, CD, 40, 00, 8B, 0D, DC, CD, 40, 00, BA, 34, 8B, 40, 00, E8, 32, 94, FF, FF, A1, D8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 58, 84, FF, FF, 33, C0, A3, D8...
 
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Entropy:
7.9967  (probably packed)

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://filecdn2.avanquest.com/.../PCSpeedMaximizer.exe

http://bluesquad.safecart.com/.../download

http://bluesquad.revenuewire.net/.../download

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