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Collect.exe

Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

Microsoft Corporation

This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from aka.ms and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Microsoft Corporation  (signed and verified)

Product:
Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2013

Description:
Microsoft VS/.Net Log Collection Tool

Version:
12.0.31024.1 built by: VSUPREREL(HEATHSRV-HEATHS)

MD5:
ceb44aa9fc94456142a7731209df808a

SHA-1:
28fe721189484edf932b29af499273751e1f8628

SHA-256:
6f2ff2042284c8af795dd376cfdd9f026dc19aedd3eddd0f376f6c734db94919

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)
Whitelisted  (by digital signature)

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 4:52:45 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
243.8 KB (249,624 bytes)

Product version:
12.0.31024.1

Copyright:
© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Collect.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Microsoft Corporation

Authority:
Microsoft Corporation

Valid from:
4/22/2014 6:39:00 PM

Valid to:
7/22/2015 6:39:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Microsoft Corporation, OU=MOPR, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Microsoft Code Signing PCA, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US

Serial number:
33000000CA6CD5321235C4E1550001000000CA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/24/2014 6:39:20 PM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows Console

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:j3fbD+HobE1VmwOhpv8b8NYDlPje/aaWOmc9xlJDoGqQR+cmRR7sEjYw9ON5KzA:jPHub2j0b8qDMPthxGso9OLX

Entry address:
0x1C5B8

Entry point:
E8, C5, 32, 00, 00, E9, 7B, FE, FF, FF, 3B, 0D, E0, 52, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, C0, 12, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 75, 13, E8, 5C, 3B, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 26, 37, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 24, 68, 80, 00, 00, 00, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, E8, 17, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 89, 06, 85, C0, 74, 04, 33, C0, EB, 07, E8, 2C, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, 00, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 40, 43, 00, E8, 9E, 33, 00, 00, 33, C9, 89, 4D, E4, 33, C0, 8B, 7D, 08, 85, FF, 0F, 95, C0, 85, C0, 75, 17, E8, 03, 3B...
 
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Code size:
206.5 KB (211,456 bytes)

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

http://aka.ms/vscollect

http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/3/4/.../Collect.exe

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