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pcacstart.exe

PC Accelerator Delayed Start

Software Marketing Ltd

The application pcacstart.exe by Software Marketing 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:
Software Marketing Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
PC Accelerator Delayed Start

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
cadac02d899e58fc4fd353f1c10e944c

SHA-1:
896c1d3c50a496b091badbc3a6f4b1f299598796

SHA-256:
1f9510dc8876d8b0c100b9e3a2baaadad19cbef3ae035d5bc1414f0d6751c340

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
2/24/2025 11:54:21 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SoftwareMarketing.Meta (L)
16.4.3.15

File size:
443.5 KB (454,120 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.0.0

Copyright:
Software Marketing Ltd

Trademarks:
Software Marketing Ltd

Original file name:
PCACStart

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pc accelerator\pcacstart.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Marketing Ltd

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
6/18/2012 2:52:28 PM

Valid to:
6/13/2013 7:59:41 PM

Subject:
CN=Software Marketing Ltd, O=Software Marketing Ltd, L=Hong Kong, S=HK, C=HK

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
0810F8CE27C48A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:jNOmjjzNuennzryVAf6xDejOoWUPWvK0C7hnXRJ24bP12mFecdZgQalvFhA/IFhO:JOijzQenze5XW+vKRJ2gPEyhdfwclT

Entry address:
0x4ED7C

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 8C, EB, 44, 00, E8, 88, 6F, FB, FF, 68, 1C, EE, 44, 00, 6A, 00, 68, 01, 00, 1F, 00, E8, 1F, 73, FB, FF, 85, C0, 75, 75, 68, 1C, EE, 44, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, E8, 6D, 71, FB, FF, B9, 30, EE, 44, 00, BA, 48, EE, 44, 00, B8, 01, 00, 00, 80, E8, 89, E6, FF, FF, 8B, 15, A4, FF, 44, 00, 89, 02, A1, A4, FF, 44, 00, 83, 38, 00, 74, 41, A1, C4, FF, 44, 00, 8B, 00, E8, CB, D0, FF, FF, A1, C4, FF, 44, 00, 8B, 00, BA, 6C, EE, 44, 00, E8, B2, CC, FF, FF, 8B, 0D, A0, 00, 45, 00, A1, C4, FF, 44...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
312 KB (319,488 bytes)

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