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speedzookaupdater.exe

Zookaware, LLC.

The application speedzookaupdater.exe by Zookaware 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program SpeedZooka by ZookaWare which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Zookaware, LLC.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9b0c29da6ad7d76b2e39df1b6aa95f39

SHA-1:
db21fff680790cd80c34a3f92b2d0e283f24de64

SHA-256:
8d81c5329116d2c41d52cf70e08a824245be5bfa7e61ccba2a09f1ed8ae0eebe

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 4:03:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Zookaware.Installer
15.11.29.4

File size:
12.2 MB (12,752,856 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\speedzooka\speedzookaupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Zookaware, LLC.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
8/29/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/29/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Zookaware, LLC.", O="Zookaware, LLC.", L=Anchorage, S=Alaska, C=US, SERIALNUMBER=10007133, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Alaska, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA - G2, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
667978587A1B16965ABBDEF8C3BB6F5B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:bHaRxZfSpvEOHqEXYcVYBPfFfq1Rb0QCQj7:raLZ6psOq5cqpqnLTj7

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9971

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file speedzookaupdater.exe has been discovered within the following program.

SpeedZooka  by ZookaWare
SpeedZooka is marketed as a PC performance optimizer that utilizes several techniques to attempt to increase the speed of the user's PC include registry tuning (which is a practice that is often criticized by experts as producing no results) as well as hard drive scrubbing.
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