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PCScanAndSweep.exe

PCScanAndSweep

Ascentive LLC

The application PCScanAndSweep.exe by Ascentive has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCScanAndSweep

Version:
7.07.0003

MD5:
9ad00965458f2078b37391358c48fa14

SHA-1:
5d1ff0e09ea25642e90380269ae5a0b94b2fa2b3

SHA-256:
53a2555985a7cff61da299de1af9f706d0f11e3e866bc8a43f676a21baf0a6ba

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 5:30:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.Ascentive
188838

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Task.Ascentive
15.3.31.0

File size:
2.6 MB (2,698,304 bytes)

Product version:
7.07.0003

Original file name:
PCScanAndSweep.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\pc scanandsweep\pcscanandsweep.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/26/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Ascentive LLC, O=Ascentive LLC, STREET=201 Spring Garden St, STREET=Suite 400, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19123, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
387389B99D075D7F1C97769EC0402BF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2014 8:46:16 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:T0iBL1vYoB/pULJaGO/gmK9bJNg9jUVPrsMJcRiNVYZ2IFE/zxcjms7:g4ZoY3Zou

Entry address:
0x13F8

Entry point:
68, 34, 17, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, A3, 1F, 46, C0, F5, A0, 87, 46, B4, AF, A2, 95, 86, 26, 75, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, B8, 07, 98, 03, 50, 43, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 41, 6E, 64, 53, 77, 65, 65, 70, 00, 00, 00, C0, 40, 00, EC, 07, 98, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 84, 47, 7F, 55, BB, 4B, E1, 4D, A0, 17, 1E, A6, B3, 82, F9, 2E, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1213

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
2.5 MB (2,613,248 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC ScanAndSweep@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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