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registryfix.exe

Registry Fix and Clean Pro

Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

The application registryfix.exe, “Fix PC problems and optimize performance ” by Smart PC Solutions 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from filecdn.avanquest.com.
Publisher:
Avanquest Software   (signed by Smart PC Solutions, Inc.)

Product:
Registry Fix and Clean Pro

Description:
Fix PC problems and optimize performance

Version:
2.0

MD5:
f3c219cbf7b69faea98cc5c750ddfb68

SHA-1:
34bf8629e862ac9f62df4539128a00df706fa610

SHA-256:
e70c6c3ba33c8827fe6cf69c31db3b9815b5c46ae8d345517849a96f936ad0cb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:35:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PC Utilities.SmartPCSolutions.Installer (M)
15.8.9.22

File size:
1.2 MB (1,255,032 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

Copyright:
Avanquest Software

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart PC Solutions, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/4/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Smart PC Solutions, Inc.", L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, 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:
502E76B6ACDCDE4F3336BF9286946063

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):
24576:znaBxor3snOqwcQGcfk2PGwlTHhOeAxcpplxVewA7Dl9KspRlkS3rJQBtUkBgV:zaDsWOqwPZfOATUeAeRx3g9KIRFinXBq

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9869

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://filecdn.avanquest.com/pl/.../RegistryFix.exe

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