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pctechhotlinesetup.exe

PC Tech Hotline

Crawler Group, LLC

The application pctechhotlinesetup.exe, “PC Tech Hotline Setup ” by Crawler Group has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.pctechhotline.com.
Publisher:
Crawler Group   (signed by Crawler Group, LLC)

Product:
PC Tech Hotline

Description:
PC Tech Hotline Setup

Version:
3.0.0.4

MD5:
970519c3828a566d33b95ab3f68d0a3b

SHA-1:
7b256da98b8b44dc089d052ae2554e4733e3ac5e

SHA-256:
b7fde7c99a2e25a3d0c3a2c29eb8699365bdb3ee7514c441e711b62c3bbdcd6f

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:48:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Toolbar.CrawBar
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Crawler.Gen
8.3.1.6

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2898

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7062

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.PCFixSpeed
0.98/21411

Dr.Web
Program.Unwanted.331
9.0.1.0345

ESET NOD32
Detection.Undefined
9.7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.Crawler
15.12.25

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Unwanted.dmposc
0.30.24.3079

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/QVM42.1.Malware.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crawler.CrawlerGroup.Installer (M)
15.12.11.12

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1114
7.2.345

File size:
1.6 MB (1,713,120 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\inetcache\ie\{random}\pctechhotlinesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Crawler Group, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/20/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/20/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Crawler Group, LLC", O="Crawler Group, LLC", L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
68EC8C9CE5E2EA57582931BA9277481B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:2I2myHtC2hg6MZwhf3sBIZ6jOIe2hgBuA6zLE8fCxcc5rOSdupqqwspzWmDpUb:Z0Joe3ObO32g8Y8f8VfdupqpspqZ

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:
7.9754

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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