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Splash.exe

Splash

Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

The application Splash.exe by Vertical 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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. This file is typically installed with the program PCSpeedUpMD by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Vertical PC Solutions, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Splash

Version:
2.5.6.0

MD5:
a3333dbdcb288aa23963aa20920b979d

SHA-1:
87d8c793d0325c8a059203dd9b159f78782c2c6e

SHA-256:
e05b1c7a0fc2e2b600de96fe5e07f9b4fa1bafd532f91dc3d5c5d545ad125db5

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:
11/25/2024 1:24:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.VerticalPCSolutions.G
14.12.16.10

File size:
195.5 KB (200,168 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.6.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
Splash.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcspeedupmd\splash.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/19/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/20/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", O="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", STREET=1499 W Palmetto Park Rd., STREET=Suite 110, L=Boca Raton, S=Florida, PostalCode=33486, C=US

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

Serial number:
00FCE8E20936593BA0FECCE89F213382EB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/30/2014 11:00:19 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:9PGKUEnm3Dr8ff7+rmniACi8SGG1RNhrPRl0JmniACiza:cmYr86Xi8wRNLl0liO

Entry address:
0x2038E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
3.9183

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PCSpeedUpMD_Popup

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 3:30 PM)

Action:
splash.exe true

Description:
SplashPopup_PCSpeedUpMD


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

PCSpeedUpMD  by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC
PCSpeedUpMD is marketed as a 'PC optimization' software program that works by cleaning the PC's registry whose purpose is to remove redundant items from the Windows registry.
pcspeedupmd.com
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