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uninstall.exe

PC Utility Kit

Red Dog Media, Inc.

The application uninstall.exe by Red Dog Media 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program PC Utility Kit by Red Dog Media which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Red Dog Media, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
PC Utility Kit

Version:
3.1.3.0

MD5:
09dd1d3f6f863533ed9257925d514dda

SHA-1:
94d7ff4ae6cd028cbeaa68de01650458891a8307

SHA-256:
ae9d90dd658446ab2edd35b08d58e5208024820334c2ae750b69433541995d42

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 4:24:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.5.12.15

File size:
190.2 KB (194,744 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2012 Red Dog Media, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\norton pc checkup\pc utility kit\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Dog Media, Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/20/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Red Dog Media, Inc.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Red Dog Media, Inc.", L=Henderson, S=Nevada, 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:
3E252606673E72704B095960C72696BF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:cpgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJTQZs7PVJPuUfhPNpkdloPPNWfKW3Xotp:qgXdZt9P6D3XJ6sXZfhOoPlWS4ov

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.7692

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

PC Utility Kit  by Red Dog Media
This is a PC optimization program that is supposed to increase the speed of computer by removing invalid entries the computer's registry.
www.pcutilitykit.com
About 62% of users remove it
 
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