paretologic privacy controls rw.exe

Paretologic Inc.

The application paretologic privacy controls rw.exe, “ParetoLogic Privacy Controls Installer” by Paretologic has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. This file is typically installed with the program MyPC Backup by JDI BACKUP LIMITED which is a potentially unwanted software program. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcsecuritynews.paretologic.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
ParetoLogic, Inc.  (signed by Paretologic Inc.)

Description:
ParetoLogic Privacy Controls Installer

Version:
3.2.0.0

MD5:
1570f086947e151068ff407341f10c5a

SHA-1:
33486fd6ecfb5c24d78425bef2a04eeb21552988

SHA-256:
62fc0fa373cac8d088be461199f6d653af6d532ba10ba30addbaec77bc8f9fae

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 4:56:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParetoLogic.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.2.11.23

File size:
2.1 MB (2,223,376 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2013 ParetoLogic, Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\paretologic privacy controls rw.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/25/2013 10:53:32 PM

Valid to:
2/26/2015 10:53:32 PM

Subject:
CN=Paretologic Inc., OU=Paretologic Inc., O=Paretologic Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F9945D68B6DFDD557292B63C5A3015E1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 8:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ZA/LacH5Gn5eHWDxGx5UHyOt3twB3xx+dW2WM+KU6sSY0M:ZA/LlH5GeHWDC5UHn8GdxWMcBf0M

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file paretologic privacy controls rw.exe has been discovered within the following program.

MyPC Backup  by JDI BACKUP LIMITED
MyPC Backup (JustDevelopIT) is a Windows backup utility that is typically distributed in a co-bundled offer situation using download managers.
www.mypcbackup.com
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The file paretologic privacy controls rw.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 19 URLs.

http://pcsecuritynews.paretologic.com/c.html?ufl=0&rtr=on&s=lj8w,19nki,y6,81ku,b3w6,4kn,xne

http://click.clicks.paretologic.com/?qs=b6a2157e539015b7296a519237dc66d15c459ac4d08e884ab3864a5e1388a1ba

http://delmal.paretologic.revenuewire.net/.../download

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