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PCSpeedScan.exe

PCSpeedScan

Ascentive LLC

The application PCSpeedScan.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. This file is typically installed with the program PC SpeedScan Pro by Ascentive which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCSpeedScan

Version:
7.08.0006

MD5:
493245e76d0ea4de6f7d8a91964950d4

SHA-1:
f9fc6748f79a4113ccc6f8f1e3081e9937bf8cfe

SHA-256:
1cc7fa60043464939727c4e9614de7356a3f05a2a4130d034680b4f530142091

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:30:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Ascentive (variant)
9.9326

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Ascentive.Meta
15.12.1.7

File size:
1.9 MB (2,018,368 bytes)

Product version:
7.08.0006

Original file name:
PCSpeedScan.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\pc speedscan pro\pcspeedscan.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:
12/5/2013 4:21:24 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DEWSrECOoSEFsgiCa9sQuZCeuJBUdoI47Pu:DEW45Tn

Entry address:
0x13F8

Entry point:
68, 44, 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, 41, C5, 28, EA, 46, 70, 6C, 40, 8B, B0, 10, 03, 43, 44, CB, 56, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 73, F5, 06, AB, C4, 09, 50, 43, 53, 70, 65, 65, 64, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 00, 00, 91, 47, 72, 00, D0, 3A, DF, 99, 14, 46, 26, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 49, 70, 5A, CC, 1B, 68, 49, A5, E9, 77, 31, 8C, D2, A1, E4, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6786

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
1.9 MB (1,941,504 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC SpeedScan Pro@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file PCSpeedScan.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC SpeedScan Pro  by Ascentive
PC SpeedScan Pro from Ascentive, the group that does the FinallyFastPC informercials, is a PC optimization program.
www.ascentive.com
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