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PCSpeedScan.exe

PCSpeedScan

Ascentive LLC

The application PCSpeedScan.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 triggered to execute each time a user logs in.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCSpeedScan

Version:
7.08.0004

MD5:
6e690ad4296a08f192b6c03a473c14d2

SHA-1:
15bea3e2abc8e8e3de602151091663bbf415f86b

SHA-256:
faa94ec447b467e686d8ff921be42fe63717bd25055ddfbbf763bafd3652f8b9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:16:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
17.2.18.5

File size:
1.8 MB (1,921,736 bytes)

Product version:
7.08.0004

Original file name:
PCSpeedScan.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\pc speedscan pro\pcspeedscan.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/17/2010 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/17/2013 8:59:59 AM

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=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
0B15142D30AF75A1350E58373FD8BF13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/25/2013 8:29:37 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1404

Entry point:
68, F0, 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, 75, A8, D2, 0B, 6C, A0, 24, 49, A1, DD, 9F, 23, 44, A0, 9E, 36, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 41, 00, 06, 58, 83, 02, 50, 43, 53, 70, 65, 65, 64, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 00, FC, 8E, 77, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 48, 88, 75, 03, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, E9, 91, 9E, 6D, 87, E3, 7C, 47, 9E, 0D, 65, 53, C7, 2C, 59, B3, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6811

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
1.8 MB (1,847,296 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC SpeedScan Pro@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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