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activespeed.setup.exe

ActiveSpeed

Ascentive LLC

The application activespeed.setup.exe by Ascentive 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ascentive.com.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
ActiveSpeed

Version:
7.7.6.0

MD5:
3174f40b16e1f10e5d020caa519f6d73

SHA-1:
b1861a8054bdf6d163ddfbd25045fc2afd6afd24

SHA-256:
bd86205321db2e7071002cdfbba1db344625773e23995838ae054fd05b1a7283

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:36:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Ascentive.Installer.Meta
15.11.15.0

File size:
4.8 MB (5,042,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\as\activespeed.setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/21/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ascentive LLC, O=Ascentive LLC, STREET=50 S 16TH ST STE 3575, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19102, C=US

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

Serial number:
00DC413CD4E438AF815B91FA5B4C363EDA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:6Cu1duq9UXolbgIHGsx45GjALNnzCzKmxelSq2wTOCxfQwi:lvcUXo5gIHGsu5GjgzmAffQt

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:
7.9958

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file activespeed.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.ascentive.com/.../ActiveSpeedMain.setup.exe

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