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greg.exe

Global Registration

Acer Incorporated

It is set to automatically start when a user logs into Windows via the current user run registry key under the display name ‘Global Registration’. This is installed with multiple programs including Acer Registration.
Publisher:
Acer Incorporated  (signed and verified)

Product:
Global Registration

Version:
1.04.3506

MD5:
7e03b4ede286c15b032b387b55890cc7

SHA-1:
ecbf94a3a2825ee4c4a5d9a6d2e7516e9f55e688

SHA-256:
5d91cbd8fdcce8480fca26b4ebc5833635f42ad3ef0b4c8db847915a2924e00b

Scanner detections:
0 / 68

Status:
Clean (as of last analysis)

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:42:25 AM UTC  (today)

File size:
835.1 KB (855,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.04.3506

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Acer Incorporated 2011

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\acer\registration\greg.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Acer Incorporated

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/3/2010 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/14/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Acer Incorporated, OU=OS Certification Dept., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Acer Incorporated, L=Taipei, S=Taiwan, C=TW

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0AD6DAF14C6BE378C0E52AA780D2BC0C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/20/2012 8:13:08 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HBvIIdm2vl0m8BQFBOkeLhU+WN3Gm222nWz66e6deyMLj4qnZzRTp:52B+0HLM384GZlp

Entry address:
0x3E180

Entry point:
FF, 25, 20, F9, 43, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8D, 4D, F0, E9, 66, DD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 8D, 42, F8, 8B, 4A, F4, 33, C8, E8, C9, E5, FF, FF, B8, 7C, 31, 49, 00, E9, BF, FF, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8D, 4D, C4, E9, 40, F7, FF, FF, 8D, 4D, EC, E9, 2E, DD, FF, FF, 8D, 4D, E8, E9, 26, DD, FF, FF, 8D, 4D, 08, E9, 1E, DD, FF, FF, 8D, 4D, B0, E9, 88, 08, FD, FF, 8B, 54, 24, 08, 8D, 42, 0C, 8B, 4A, AC, 33, C8, E8, 79, E5, FF, FF, B8, FC, 31, 49, 00, E9, 6F...
 
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Code size:
245 KB (250,880 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Acer Registration - Reminder Recall task

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 21:30)


Startup File (User Run)
Registry location:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
Global Registration

Command:
"C:\Program Files\acer\registration\greg.exe" \boot


The file greg.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Acer Registration  by Acer Incorporated
Acer Registration is a program that is pre-installed with Acer laptops. If the laptop has not yet been registered with Acer it will periodically popup and promt the user to register. It runs as a scheduled task or service (depending on the version).
www.acer.com
54% remove it
Gateway Registration  by Gateway Incorporated
Gateway Registration is a popup window that prompts the user to register their new Gateway PC if they have not done so already. The program is preinstalled with most new Gateway PCs.
www.gateway.com
24% remove it
Packard Bell Registration  by Packard Bell
The Packard Bell Registration program is included by default with most new Packard Bell computers.
www.packardbell.com
26% remove it
 
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