windows_cleaner.exe

Windows Cleaner

Cheng Du VTools Information Technology

The application windows_cleaner.exe, “Windows Cleaner Setup ” by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pcerrorfix.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Vtools   (signed by Cheng Du VTools Information Technology)

Product:
Windows Cleaner

Description:
Windows Cleaner Setup

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
245dd2fe455626fb410be5f92b675bb1

SHA-1:
443622783178b9ce2fe49b806ad470d848cb8ca2

SHA-256:
e43f74066f51e88f2ad822cae40ae658a68efa1f8ef458c2b6933130c5ea7179

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:
12/26/2024 5:20:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ChengDuVToolsInformationTechnology.P
14.8.29.11

File size:
5.3 MB (5,517,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2011-2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\windows_cleaner.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Cheng Du VTools Information Technology, L=ChengDu, S=SiChuan, C=CN

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:
1B5D68E0AFA12E8F1159C668DD228431

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2012 8:41:29 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:EtRp01MJsTQQDD8S7g5oOodWdO90hiLZxmIo+VaBwGN7MklTeCec:EtRp8MaTpDNiIsU8+VY7DlSCec

Entry address:
0x16478

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, B8, 52, 41, 00, E8, AC, 03, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 45, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 01, 6B, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, AB, 41, 00, E8, 56, EC, FF, FF, E8, FD, E7, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 7F, 84, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, E8, D6, 41, 00, E8, E2, E9, FE, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, D6, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9896

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
84 KB (86,016 bytes)

The file windows_cleaner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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