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AS.exe

ActiveSpeed

Ascentive LLC

The application AS.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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program ActiveSpeed by Ascentive which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
ActiveSpeed

Version:
7.06.0007

MD5:
a2cfa4bbef6a00eff9abb18f2c903a53

SHA-1:
7af83cf679aab518c57eee20413c53e2a9b0230c

SHA-256:
25495a63ead1c3bf2ea7494a68a5741a3478dd8b9de59c9fcfcc4a763c179885

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:31:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.1.9.23

File size:
2.7 MB (2,866,240 bytes)

Product version:
7.06.0007

Original file name:
AS.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\activespeed\as.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/26/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 5:59:59 PM

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:
7/24/2014 4:05:18 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:13rYXcEnXOEWwYs45nBIdvHtH319jXnVHc/zmDkjFg4Ef:13U5XiwYs4565N73VHc/zuk8

Entry address:
0x1454

Entry point:
68, F4, 17, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D4, B2, 28, 95, 17, 48, FF, 4C, 82, BD, DD, DB, B7, 33, ED, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, 7E, 5E, FE, 0D, CF, 41, 63, 74, 69, 76, 65, 53, 70, 65, 65, 64, 00, E1, FF, D4, D5, 00, FF, 9D, 9D, 9D, FE, 00, 00, C0, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 17, 00, 00, 00, F1, 78, A4, E7, B1, 97, 58, 4C, A0, A8, 7C, E7, FF, BF, 5C, 29, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6553

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
2.7 MB (2,789,376 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
ActiveSpeed@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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

ActiveSpeed  by Ascentive
ActiveSpeed from Ascentive, the group that does the FinallyFastPC informercials, is a PC optimization program.
www.ascentive.com
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