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apcsetup.exe

Advanced PC Care

Advanced PC Care

The application apcsetup.exe by Advanced PC Care has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn1111.advancedpccare.com.
Publisher:
Advancedpccare.com   (signed by Advanced PC Care)

Product:
Advanced PC Care

Version:
Advanced PC Care

MD5:
505048da0b716698d67216427ac98b0d

SHA-1:
e84fef27c40f569ba583c292cb7d7efae5caedf6

SHA-256:
1bb059c25284316ab3f772bcf352e7fde88b46a679dd5dbf5b9df6e825c51172

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/26/2025 4:17:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AdvancePCCare.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.6.10.23

File size:
4.4 MB (4,662,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.682

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\apcsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Advanced PC Care

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/22/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/22/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Advanced PC Care, OU=Sales, O=Advanced PC Care, STREET=58/5 Model Town-A, STREET=Malviya Nagar, L=Jaipur, S=Rajasthan, PostalCode=302004, C=IN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00DD4660D76D9699C7334AD9D81BEBEFDD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 10:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:ElApU9U/mTCMaS3H+oMKfuUlC7cJWMoZyHI5tJbxsNcduse:gYCZTHaS7RgcdoEo57tsNccN

Entry address:
0x113BC

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, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9895

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

http://cdn1111.advancedpccare.com/.../apcsetup.exe

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