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The application pc.exe 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, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. While running, it connects to the Internet address 172-245-127-102-host.colocrossing.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Installer Technology

Product:
PCAcceleratePro & Instant support

Version:
1.0.30.2

MD5:
8afa22bb3c5b3af8335865acdf5af193

SHA-1:
9d15438f4815c091ce4e0c0c93bcc6029b4f4a93

SHA-256:
c030710291d69808e6a628d1011bf9aa7556d772809065ebab1e43aca4160a21

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/15/2025 8:03:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallerTech.Optimizer (L)
17.3.11.1

File size:
11.8 MB (12,325,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.30.2

Copyright:
Copyright Installer Technology 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\pc.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9940

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communication in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 172-245-127-102-host.colocrossing.com  (172.245.127.102:80)

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