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updater.exe

Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

The application updater.exe, “updater 2.5.6, 2013” by Vertical PC Solutions has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PCSpeedUpMD by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

updater.exe

Publisher:

PCSpeedUpMD (signed by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC)

Product:

PCSpeedUpMD

Description:

updater 2.5.6, 2013

Version:

2.5.6

MD5:

b5c05ebf78ee819aaf854950ba628892

SHA-1:

62745a1b121a0ad6b8d8b5a1bf508e1bf6df52d9

SHA-256:

6f81ec196f377e72eeb982d914890308ff971e3814552d15f415e7b0ac90a708

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

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:

11/25/2024 1:43:16 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.VerticalPCSolutions.H

14.12.16.10

File size:

398 KB (407,528 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.6

Original file name:

updater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\pcspeedupmd\pcspeedupmd 2.5.6\install\3f5cde9\updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

5/19/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/20/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", O="Vertical PC Solutions, LLC", STREET=1499 W Palmetto Park Rd., STREET=Suite 110, L=Boca Raton, S=Florida, PostalCode=33486, C=US

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00FCE8E20936593BA0FECCE89F213382EB

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/28/2014 12:48:49 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:1aEI058GfxtD5wA22bLr2Gq3IJWcUrv1+9b5e90nUXDx4QCg1zHx:EQhp22buReWjtab5e9L14CzHx

Entry address:

0x11789

Entry point:

E8, E7, 75, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, CC, 68, F0, 17, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 44, 20, 44, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, 44, 20, 44, 00, 57, 8B, 06... 
[+]

Entropy:

5.9037

Code size:

230 KB (235,520 bytes)

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

PCSpeedUpMD by Vertical PC Solutions, LLC

PCSpeedUpMD is marketed as a 'PC optimization' software program that works by cleaning the PC's registry whose purpose is to remove redundant items from the Windows registry.

pcspeedupmd.com

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