» StartupOptimizer.exe
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StartupOptimizer.exe

System Cleaner

Pointstone Software, LLC

The application StartupOptimizer.exe, “Startup Optimizer” 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Pointstone Software, LLC (signed and verified)

Product:

System Cleaner

Description:

Startup Optimizer

Version:

6.0.0.0

MD5:

ca47bb8952bded182953dcd3b9ddfca2

SHA-1:

841cd302e7c81823714d419aa30cfda758918392

SHA-256:

c6aa245d69151f7089abfd151f38667f9e4687829a249028a3356f59ed966026

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

4/18/2025 10:54:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Optional.Pointstone

16.8.5.3

File size:

290 KB (296,936 bytes)

Trademarks:

System Cleaner is a registered trademark of Pointstone Software, LLC. (United States Patent and Trademark Office registration number 2926385)

Original file name:

StartupOptimizer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\pointstone\system cleaner 7\startupoptimizer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Pointstone Software, LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/18/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/19/2019 12:59:59 AM

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:

295E9C7CC2F53D0164D35D1EC33C0801

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/4/2014 12:23:07 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:mfk+FJxKiO73M/v5CI09A+ijLWFykEa6jcogKU2iISPQPM7tfyStEaKPohTa7l6E:1+FujQPM5fyStEayrq

Entry address:

0x2062C

Entry point:

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Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

125.5 KB (128,512 bytes)

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