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pcactivator.exe

PCActivator

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. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from pc-activator.software.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce  (signed by AB eCommerce Inc)

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.0.14.0

MD5:
deb9350e38b2215eeed3aee5b2b15cb2

SHA-1:
88d4bcfff513c99d105814ed4ebc2ef30ced2d3e

SHA-256:
eb8ec53b50d9392d89fe58a0161280cf39137be2a15364a6c9098a7e9f415d31

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 6:25:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.4.6.22

File size:
7.7 MB (8,082,952 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}\downloads\pcactivator.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB eCommerce Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/7/2015 5:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/7/2016 4:59:59 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 10:03:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:8/7LtGso1tqW1hnbAmtPYs+z6MIlXm6fc7K:eetqSbAy++Mt60K

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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Entropy:
7.9988

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

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

http://pc-activator.software.informer.com/.../

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

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