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pc-activator-setup.exe

PCActivator

AB eCommerce Inc

The application pc-activator-setup.exe by AB eCommerce Inc 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 pcactivator.com.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce  (signed by AB eCommerce Inc)

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.0.14.0

MD5:
4eef99771843770f152d0a70d4a5ebdf

SHA-1:
fb3584b7618d6654c2b8cad5e15f9199f6748de9

SHA-256:
063d858945aed0a51f9e2433ac09c50ffb6be468e486c761e5751eb05ee46eb6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:32:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.28.21

File size:
7.7 MB (8,085,144 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.14.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 AB eCommerce

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 AB eCommerce

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\pc-activator-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB eCommerce Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/7/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/7/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=AB eCommerce Inc, OU=AB eCommerce Inc, O=AB eCommerce Inc, STREET=12127 rue James Morrice, L=Montreal, S=Outside United States, PostalCode=h3m 2h2, C=CA

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

Serial number:
00B45D3F97C6E38CDA4214D5A1C8638FA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 6:03:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:pUfpBS4AIXu047PaNdA/tbYx732dz2sV1zNyhhnw:aed2GakxYTsTQvnw

Entry address:
0x37B3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, AE, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B8, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, CA, 42, 00, E8, 9D, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, CA, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, E0, 26, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, F4, AF, 40, 00, 68, 40, BA, 42, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, FF, 15, 2C, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, 70, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 43, 2C, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

The file pc-activator-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://pcactivator.com/.../PCActivator.exe

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