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pcinst.exe

PCAcceleratePro & Instant support

Installer Technology Co.

The executable pcinst.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. While running, it connects to the Internet address 172-245-127-102-host.colocrossing.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Installer Technology  (signed by Installer Technology Co.)

Product:
PCAcceleratePro & Instant support

Version:
1.0.30.1

MD5:
15d95a09f2616bcbe4fca737eac2ce97

SHA-1:
59aad7bb584aed0f693606f15ed88571c56d7418

SHA-256:
c5d068082f31df15491a1c7e83f1362b78035bffbf07b294f5ac40ee33a8b56b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 9:58:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.3.3.21

File size:
11.8 MB (12,326,072 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.30.1

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcap_installer\pcinst.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Installer Technology Co.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/27/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/28/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Installer Technology Co., O=Installer Technology Co., STREET=407 lincoln road, L=miami beach, S=florida, PostalCode=33139, C=US

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

Serial number:
1B58BBA81BB22C023967D6D579B294FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9939

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 172-245-127-102-host.colocrossing.com  (172.245.127.102:80)

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