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pcactivator.exe

PCActivator

AB eCommerce

The application pcactivator.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcactivator.com.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.0.14.0

MD5:
d971eb40a079cdab66681c32be6554af

SHA-1:
7b31315d83c34d8da9bad50905b3408715e2582f

SHA-256:
c752062cac79f93f5a21b3c477a9530eab3567a0ece31a4f2cab016dc04f8510

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 9:13:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional.Installer.Meta (L)
16.7.15.19

File size:
4.7 MB (4,910,169 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.14.0

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2013 AB eCommerce

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2013 AB eCommerce

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/25/2013 1:03:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:8/bBwmLtJS3y9o1tXP9E8VsYvp53x0Sbv/LXsmtPYss+dpI:8/7LtGso1tqW1hnbAmtPYsC

Entry address:
0x37B3

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, A8, AE, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B8, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, CA, 42, 00, E8, 9D, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, CA, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, E0, 26, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, F4, AF, 40, 00, 68, 40, BA, 42, 00, E8, 55, 2C, 00, 00, FF, 15, 2C, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, 70, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 43, 2C, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9972

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

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

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

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