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updater.exe

PC Software LLC

The application updater.exe, “updater 2.5.4, 2013” by PC 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. This file is typically installed with the program PCHealthFix by PC Software LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

updater.exe

Publisher:

PCHealthFix (signed by PC Software LLC)

Product:

PCHealthFix

Description:

updater 2.5.4, 2013

Version:

2.5.4

MD5:

b4c65866d61e9410b73360b2c209dce3

SHA-1:

a7874ae311e0cc838373cc127a3eaeb81061b6d4

SHA-256:

1fc74da89638a2596f88f1252d9f982ef72f1ae7c293b3a79fc6a1538cf32567

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:

11/5/2024 7:06:56 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

Win32.Generic

16.5.30.3

File size:

399.9 KB (409,544 bytes)

Product version:

2.5.4

Original file name:

updater.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Program Files\pchealthfix\updater.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

PC Software LLC

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

3/4/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/5/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=PC Software LLC, O=PC Software LLC, STREET=1209 Orange Street, L=Wilmington, S=DE, PostalCode=19801, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00A104C28EB3B1B9A10BB8B7E6D8F55850

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/21/2014 3:58:41 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:W5Xfl4sbi09q0XsbSQHTOJq97jvY4wd7l:UX+sTrXsbSQHTOJq97c4wj

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... 
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Entropy:

6.2444

Code size:

231 KB (236,544 bytes)

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

PCHealthFix by PC Software LLC

PCHealthFix is distributed 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.

About 59% of users remove it

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