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pcactivator.exe

PCActivator

AB eCommerce Inc

The application pcactivator.exe by AB eCommerce Inc 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcactivator.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
PCActivator.COM  (signed by AB eCommerce Inc)

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.0

MD5:
8bc3cb8c9ffce99d62d4b97181057bdd

SHA-1:
0761a401dc4f39bce780e26ee53630e9167e06e3

SHA-256:
7a0b9a5ec49fd114e898755417b134d071d6ec0d1b6ca3d3b811e8540cbd1857

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 9:33:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.3.17.9

File size:
4.2 MB (4,390,856 bytes)

Product version:
1.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 PCActivator.COM

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 PCActivator.COM

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB eCommerce Inc

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/2/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2015 5:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=AB eCommerce Inc, O=AB eCommerce Inc, L=Montreal, S=Quebec, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0975652C10C0C9CDD0398B66A18B5FD1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 9:03:42 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:25NAA1LsRu93SNHF2zVGWoQygV0G2JcLqc3Sy+tYc7gY7PNsE6Jl:24CdhSNl2zQoiNZtj7gmDk

Entry address:
0x3687

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, 50, AF, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 2C, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B8, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 77, 43, 00, E8, 85, 31, 00, 00, A3, 04, 77, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 00, C2, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, 38, AF, 40, 00, 68, 00, 67, 43, 00, E8, 3D, 2C, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, 20, 44, 00, 50, 53, E8, 2B, 2C, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9948

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
26 KB (26,624 bytes)

The file pcactivator.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://pcactivator.com/.../PCActivator1.exe

http://pcactivator.com/.../PCActivator.exe

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