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PCScanAndSweep.exe

PCScanAndSweep

Ascentive LLC

The application PCScanAndSweep.exe by Ascentive 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.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCScanAndSweep

Version:
7.07.0002

MD5:
8ce40bf91244b87983ba8c95fc067a6a

SHA-1:
a981abe254c8687fd19665880fe81d36e061cc72

SHA-256:
b6f6ba05fe6d8faf1e1c8b75dbe722f698ef43a1031c1a7dc4709de1f1d99ace

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:03:41 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Ascentive.Meta
15.12.2.22

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

Product version:
7.07.0002

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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/27/2014 6:59:59 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:
9/15/2014 3:34:57 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:E1tj3rSuB/mUhJaGO/rqLhj4EX/TMl+QL6T0Hc46VgF/EDOLzqjsRLrWSn3jLWSx:Ef9rYyUPWSn3jLWSx

Entry address:
0x13F8

Entry point:
68, 8C, 16, 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, 1C, D4, E3, 44, 87, 7D, C0, 4A, 81, FA, 7A, 71, 8C, 42, 94, E6, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 49, 00, 06, 50, 93, 02, 50, 43, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 41, 6E, 64, 53, 77, 65, 65, 70, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, C0, 80, A0, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, F7, 7C, DD, C4, 0E, 1D, 88, 44, 99, 75, 6F, 86, 29, 16, AE, 7C, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1223

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

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

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC ScanAndSweep_GARYSPC@Gary


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