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pchdplayer.exe

Comtek Ltd.

The application pchdplayer.exe by Comtek has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘PCHDPLayer’.
Publisher:
Comtek Ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
469d386f7d399c39884868da28a14598

SHA-1:
dc019cf863a8061680e336b2522adf4276f228f8

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
7/12/2025 8:37:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
16791

ESET NOD32
Win32/PornTool.PCHDPlay (variant)
10.8702

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/StripDance
5/13/2016

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Porn-Tool.Win32.StripDance
t3scan.2.0.127

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Porn-Tool.Win32.StripDance
14.0.0.218

Panda Antivirus
Application/AdultScreenSaver
16.05.13.11

Sophos
Generic PUA NM
4.91

Vba32 AntiVirus
PornTool.StripDance
3.12.22.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
20660

File size:
56.5 KB (57,808 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pchd\pchdplayer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Comtek Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

Valid from:
12/1/2009 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2011 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Comtek Ltd., OU=IT Department, O=Comtek Ltd., L=Saint-Petersburg, S=Saint-Petersburg, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA, O=Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd., C=ZA

Serial number:
20F1B95ABA61B236A4E4ABE0CD10802F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/2/2010 11:13:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:0PTz6s4sOSlsdTE1djhCR7dlPsVS6lUVIe95R9xygx/ZnuuLVM:0L+s+TEYR7vPsv0F5rAgxBnuuZM

Entry address:
0x19CD

Entry point:
E8, AA, 18, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 78, AD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 74, AD, 40, 00, 89, 15, 70, AD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, 6C, AD, 40, 00, 89, 35, 68, AD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, 64, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 90, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 84, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 60, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 5C, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 58, AD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 54, AD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 88, AD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 7C, AD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 80, AD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 8C, AD, 40...
 
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Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
PCHDPLayer

Command:
C:\Program Files\pchd\pchdplayer.exe


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