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taskutil.exe

ADV Publishing

The application taskutil.exe by ADV Publishing has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
ADV Publishing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aa2481a49594ac0fcc62d7d1c7fe14e6

SHA-1:
dce0dae6968413dd123768c5e6d1e8823bd8fedd

SHA-256:
854e3232aecd16bf2896e35f3c853e8657bccd4b5ddf071cc4f75288f730be48

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 8:52:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ADVPubli (M)
16.7.8.18

File size:
251.3 KB (257,288 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcbackup360\taskutil.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ADV Publishing

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/13/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2017 8:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=ADV Publishing, O=ADV Publishing, L=West Hollywood, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0D3EE7D0C318767DCA11A80A3452B8C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2016 4:18:29 AM

OS version:
6.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
14.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:yk6wb8ANSxxuXb/qIbFgz3rpEBFX5OD/O1:ykDSPsr2EBvOD/O1

Entry address:
0xFF2D

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 05, 00, 00, E9, 80, FE, FF, FF, FF, 25, B0, E1, 42, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 0C, 2B, 64, 24, 0C, 53, 56, 57, 89, 28, 8B, E8, A1, BC, A1, 43, 00, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, F0, FF, 75, FC, C7, 45, FC, FF, FF, FF, FF, 8D, 45, F4, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, F2, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 0F, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 7A, 06, 00, 00, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 08, 2B, C8, 83, E1, 07, 03, C1, 1B, C9, 0B, C1, 59, E9, 64, 06, 00, 00, CC...
 
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Entropy:
6.4884

Code size:
177.5 KB (181,760 bytes)

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