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startupboostsetup.exe

Startup Booster

Boost Software Inc

The application startupboostsetup.exe, “Startup Booster 1.0 ” by Boost Software Inc 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.boostsoftware.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
MaxProSoftware   (signed by Boost Software Inc)

Product:
Startup Booster

Description:
Startup Booster 1.0

Version:
1.0

MD5:
f8a9f9cb821bd36815fb5a96f1565577

SHA-1:
e995d1ba477d7a45d993dfe9ae1709379896d151

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:14:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.R
14.8.11.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,699,712 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
© 2010 MaxProSoftware

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boost Software Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/21/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/22/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Boost Software Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Boost Software Inc, L=Boston, S=Massachusetts, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7F6864EF9E0BF8DE63BCE3FFF21CA176

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2010 8:52:05 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:2h9kwIc+5+kuiaTrjk5SuYd4zeZYqSSGr:2Xkwb+5+DiSjk5Wd4zeZLDw

Entry address:
0x163C4

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, F0, 54, 41, 00, E8, 70, 04, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 91, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 4D, 6A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 42, EF, FF, FF, E8, 4D, EA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, FB, 87, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, AC, D6, 41, 00, E8, A6, EA, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, AC, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9544

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 bytes)

The file startupboostsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.boostsoftware.com/.../StartupBoostSetup.exe

http://www.boostsoftware.com/download_sub_pc.php

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