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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 www.google.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce  (signed by AB eCommerce Inc)

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.6.0.6

MD5:
9377734b42937bc1754a9cdd8fd959e9

SHA-1:
8727b08c825c8310664cdd547cdabec06861a768

SHA-256:
c65c615a56e74860d96d731f08514274955826d70245d6b513e63ee3a1bd0c99

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:00:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional (L)
16.10.7.22

File size:
1.2 MB (1,249,688 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.0.6

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 2016 AB eCommerce

Trademarks:
Copyright (c) 2016 AB eCommerce

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
AB eCommerce Inc

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/21/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/22/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=AB eCommerce Inc, O=AB eCommerce Inc, STREET=3223-B chemin d'oka, L=Ste-Marthe-Sur-Le-Lac, S=Quebec, PostalCode=j0n1p0, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
008264E2AD5F32A9E7454A9309C790432E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 9:03:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:xl3p+K4IKn8VPy7yGbDif/0z7w4sfYtjPoG1iprW8cBEHx:/p8IKAyOm+f/0z0sbovCXER

Entry address:
0x355D

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 10, A8, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 2C, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 14, 81, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 98, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 08, 43, 00, E8, 72, 30, 00, 00, A3, 44, 08, 43, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 60, A0, 42, 00, FF, 15, 64, 81, 40, 00, 68, 00, A8, 40, 00, 68, 40, 00, 43, 00, E8, 6F, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 20, 81, 40, 00, BD, 00, 60, 43, 00, 50, 55, E8, 5D, 2B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9822

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 3 URLs.

https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://pcactivator.com/.../PCActivator.exe&source=gmail&ust=1487495169703000&usg=AFQjCNHiMNG6QEYlYmFrRN-dRSWQzRXTvw

http://telecharger.freedownloadmanager.org/Windows-PC/.../GRATUIT-3.2.html?ac49ace

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

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