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pctechhotlinesetup.exe

PC Tech Hotline

Crawler, LLC

The application pctechhotlinesetup.exe, “PC Tech Hotline Setup ” by Crawler has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pctechhotline.com.
Publisher:
Crawler Group   (signed by Crawler, LLC)

Product:
PC Tech Hotline

Description:
PC Tech Hotline Setup

Version:
3.0.0.5

MD5:
f097ef21a4f448c8eea2e447cbca700d

SHA-1:
4ad55a2cf756228882fc5bb5213954bf77d9b3fd

SHA-256:
13559969d1f89e38ff52ad7d39986b911f7b3bb93e957f9483a01c0f8cb4d1a6

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:05:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Crawler
4.0.3.15211

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.PCFixSpeed
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Program.Unwanted.45
9.0.1.042

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/CrawBar
2/11/2015

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13805

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrawBar
14.0.0.2501

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win64.Unwanted.dgzgen
0.28.2.62841

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Crawler
15.3.1.17

File size:
1.6 MB (1,710,008 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
© Crawler Group

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\pctechhotlinesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Crawler, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/26/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Crawler, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Crawler, LLC", L=Boca Raton, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
48E3A7F6CBA47D0C3FCD17CF81AB3F76

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:GIe/HR1LEYdwV9UE7oJJunzJ50jk3lgux0wq7yQsuyTlTSdupqqwspzWmDpUw:+vS/UkojuF50Gl1lShyIdupqpspqm

Entry address:
0xC1C0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, C8, C0, 40, 00, E8, 60, 86, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 85, C8, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 41, C8, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 60, E6, 40, 00, E8, 5E, FD, FF, FF, E8, C9, F8, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, 93, CA, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 8C, F0, 40, 00, E8, 0A, 77, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 8C, F0, 40, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9753

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
46.5 KB (47,616 bytes)

The file pctechhotlinesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pctechhotline.com/dnl/config/.../PCTechHotlineSetup.exe

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