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unins000.exe

PC Utilities Software Limited

Part of the Optimizer Pro / Driver 'PC optimizer' product lines marketed by Adsology and distributed through various bundled software (PPI and commission) channels. The application unins000.exe by PC Utilities Software Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program Optimizer Pro v3.2. While running, it connects to the Internet address st-sh-us-dc1-001.s.dss.vg on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
PC Utilities Software Limited  (signed and verified)

Description:
Setup/Uninstall

Version:
51.1052.0.0

MD5:
f8843dbdef61604d72af0a604dfc1443

SHA-1:
889b695c07ee7ad6e4c2fcc1fa7220deb24f0434

SHA-256:
861606e6c29cdec81137a63f2b6a18303b6f1f72b5cd69f59455f5b4944bd2b5

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Installed with the Optimizer Pro software which is bundled by 3rd-party monetization programs.

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 9:30:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MalSign.Generic
2015.0.3491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PCUtilities.I
14.8.8.3

File size:
1.1 MB (1,147,864 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\optimizer pro\unins000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Utilities Software Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
4/5/2013 11:29:35 AM

Valid to:
4/3/2015 7:23:14 AM

Subject:
CN=PC Utilities Software Limited, O=PC Utilities Software Limited, L=London, S=UK, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B239BABC97410

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/4/2013 10:24:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:X8ZD0cX6W3hXFg1waKc6vkRxI3tKr6wZRZEIRaZQ1L5jMxyxl:sBcSwg4IaRrsw

Entry address:
0x100004

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, 53, 56, 57, B8, C4, E1, 4F, 00, E8, 25, 8F, F0, FF, 6A, EC, A1, 20, 3D, 50, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 98, 70, 01, 00, 00, 53, E8, C8, 9D, F0, FF, 25, 7F, FF, FF, FF, 50, 6A, EC, A1, 20, 3D, 50, 00, 53, E8, 1D, A0, F0, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 7F, 00, 50, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 6A, 01, E8, 60, 97, F0, FF, E8, AF, DE, FF, FF, A1, FC, DD, 4F, 00, 50, 68, 60, DE, 4F, 00, A1, 20, 3D, 50, 00, 8B, 00, E8, B4, BC, F7, FF, E8, 03, DF, FF, FF, 33, C0, 5A, 59, 59, 64, 89, 10, EB, 19, E9, 5C, 46, F0, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.4399

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1019 KB (1,043,456 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
Optimizer Pro v3.2

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files\Optimizer Pro\unins000.exe"


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to st-sh-us-dc1-001.s.dss.vg  (208.91.197.27:80)

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