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setup.exe

PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application setup.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

Version:
3.2

MD5:
6ed8b2a685002f08ec4f9087d758ebae

SHA-1:
e8787ee2ee8383cda25ff10d04ac676f888a7e86

SHA-256:
61b40aa28db2b59fe5f418088f5a9db28616b66930d0b0701c2a1790ccb9c9a7

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
4/22/2025 5:53:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
17198

ESET NOD32
Win32/SpeedingUpMyPC (variant)
7.8996

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of optimizerpro.exe (PUP)
2014.1.2.13

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimizerPro.A
v2014.01.02.01

McAfee
Artemis!6ED8B2A68500
5600.7270

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PCUtilities.F
14.8.8.3

File size:
5.4 MB (5,699,976 bytes)

Product version:
3.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2013 9:29:35 PM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 5:23:14 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, L=London, S=UK, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B239BABC97410

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 5:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:o6A38mL4cPeFP6Nz9WCuCL+f7XAb89Ka2M+Y9dsPI4QyeMSTvJwslBh:j48mUciUkHi+kNM+Y9d01unxtlf

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9946

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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