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Shredder.exe

Pointstone SecureErase

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application Shredder.exe, “Prevent files from being recovered” by Pointstone Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Pointstone Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pointstone SecureErase

Description:
Prevent files from being recovered

Version:
3.2.0.20

MD5:
8a89b94ecdb1e14d3825e1e18c4f09a5

SHA-1:
59820e10b948d4ad1d9120017452b2e6cd696234

SHA-256:
26e82f8684c29a9f4d0009fb436263e7bfe5bdfa41819ae65df9ed647a8d85da

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 12:42:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Pointstone
17.3.14.3

File size:
2.8 MB (2,918,008 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2003-2014 Pointstone Software, LLC

Trademarks:
SecureErase, Pointstone and Allera are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Pointstone Software, LLC

Original file name:
Shredder.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\common files\pointstone\secureerase\shredder.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/19/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Pointstone Software, LLC", O="Pointstone Software, LLC", STREET="2915 Ogletown Road, #342", L=Newark, S=DE, PostalCode=19713, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
6A22BB97E19FF5ADFB20EE6464F9DEFA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/16/2014 11:32:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x26CA84

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, E0, 33, C0, 89, 45, E0, 89, 45, E4, 89, 45, E8, 89, 45, EC, B8, C4, 26, 66, 00, E8, 16, 19, DA, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 13, CC, 66, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, E8, 8F, 9D, D9, FF, 85, C0, 0F, 84, 3B, 01, 00, 00, 8D, 55, EC, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, DA, 9D, D9, FF, 8B, 45, EC, BA, 2C, CC, 66, 00, E8, 05, DA, D9, FF, 74, 20, 8D, 55, E8, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, BE, 9D, D9, FF, 8B, 45, E8, BA, 48, CC, 66, 00, E8, E9, D9, D9, FF, 0F, 85, FF, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 55, E4, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, E8, 9E, 9D...
 
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Entropy:
6.4302

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
2.4 MB (2,537,984 bytes)

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