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startup.exe

Keep-My-Search LTD

The application startup.exe by Keep-My-Search has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program StartPoint by StartPoint. This file is typically installed with the program StartPoint.
Publisher:
Pay By Ads LTD  (signed by Keep-My-Search LTD)

Version:
1.3.0.0

MD5:
61734c505f988ed4c19fdf342980d473

SHA-1:
6d1a33d2312cddd0884280c321e232f371c15af3

SHA-256:
a3235046e7c560c872380f73d715a1592ed3d69bcdc87a174de211431f5de2e7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 1:35:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Montiera (M)
17.2.3.4

File size:
423.8 KB (433,944 bytes)

Copyright:
All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\startpoint\startpoint\1.3.17.3\startup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Keep-My-Search LTD

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
9/8/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2015 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Keep-My-Search LTD, O=Keep-My-Search LTD, L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
087407E453FFF7E46DB51873975E63CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/10/2014 3:00:56 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x341A0

Entry point:
E8, 55, 81, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, B8, 3F, CE, 43, 00, A3, C0, 03, 46, 00, C7, 05, C4, 03, 46, 00, 35, C5, 43, 00, C7, 05, C8, 03, 46, 00, E9, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, CC, 03, 46, 00, 22, C5, 43, 00, C7, 05, D0, 03, 46, 00, 8B, C4, 43, 00, A3, D4, 03, 46, 00, C7, 05, D8, 03, 46, 00, B7, CD, 43, 00, C7, 05, DC, 03, 46, 00, A7, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, E0, 03, 46, 00, 09, C4, 43, 00, C7, 05, E4, 03, 46, 00, 95, C3, 43, 00, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, E8, 96, FF, FF, FF, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 05, E8, 43, 8C, 00, 00, DB...
 
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Code size:
296.5 KB (303,616 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
StartPoint

Display publisher:
StartPoint

Uninstall string:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\startpoint\startpoint\1.3.17.3\startup.exe" \uninstl


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

StartPoint  by StartPoint
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