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apc.exe

Ascentive LLC

The application apc.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)

MD5:
dd113fd1526fac372cf8fe5d41b12937

SHA-1:
d2813248e1d46ee15a3a51b76d8914da94661fee

SHA-256:
d8f212524870e66f144c8029fdca01fd17470e09063667084e63ec7cd1c44625

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 3:06:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Ascentive.Installer.Meta
15.10.2.8

File size:
1.1 MB (1,193,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\ss\apc.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/27/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ascentive LLC, O=Ascentive LLC, STREET=201 Spring Garden St, STREET=Suite 400, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19123, C=US

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

Serial number:
387389B99D075D7F1C97769EC0402BF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/6/2009 7:50:52 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:4fObclDZLmRKAiO6W5uYtiQRurFKfdg/tZu3kUAUbdANHMeDv:5AlDZLm4MuYtiQRIL/f0PKT

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:
7.9912

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://www.ascentive.com/.../APC.exe

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