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pcactivator.exe

TotalSystemCare

AB eCommerce Inc

The application pcactivator.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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
TotalSystemCare

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
da3e5bdad83253625244fee65804fefe

SHA-1:
83d91743a7a7a09f2781d5abc9092b777e53a457

SHA-256:
6eb8a1bad56d2b6fc16a9cfd44ad39c45f06ad7cfa2ad2b112f4f840697496ec

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
8/10/2025 12:17:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional.Meta (L)
16.3.17.9

File size:
2.1 MB (2,171,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
TotalSystemCare.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcactivator\pcactivator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB eCommerce Inc

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/2/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2015 5:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=AB eCommerce Inc, O=AB eCommerce Inc, L=Montreal, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0975652C10C0C9CDD0398B66A18B5FD1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/7/2015 3:25:31 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0eYQHcumZjjDXFSTSvESxTJFySZd17TBNRHY:U8cumZjjDX6TO7TBj4

Entry address:
0x21107A

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 78, 00, 00, 00, BC, 10, 21, 00, BC, F2, 20, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, 31, 01, B6, EE, 32, DF, 5A, 4A, 91, 7C, 97, 11, C0, C3, F8, FA, 01, 00, 00, 00, 5A, 3A, 5C, 42, 75, 69, 6C, 64, 65, 72, 5C, 52, 65, 70, 6F, 73, 69, 74, 6F, 72, 69, 65, 73, 5C, 74, 6F, 74, 61, 6C, 73, 79, 73, 74, 65, 6D, 63, 61, 72...
 
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Entropy:
5.9523

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.1 MB (2,159,104 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PCActivator.Autostart

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
Starts when user logs on.


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