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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. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. While running, it connects to the Internet address ocsp.comodoca.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
AB eCommerce Inc  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCActivator

Version:
1.6.0.6

MD5:
2b0a50646688b3e8a398ffac0fd7bc5b

SHA-1:
9c049849adc1e3d673e6919a31c60ad787e8f939

SHA-256:
87578969e2fb39fe37b4d858836be856b1694720db377712d509799640a561a1

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 2:47:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PCActivator.Optional (L)
16.10.7.22

File size:
2.2 MB (2,289,488 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.0.6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 AB eCommerce All rights reserved.

Original file name:
PCActivator.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcactivator\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:
10/6/2016 2:05:55 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:XS0FI3IEUu6eqTq/6+el28xbFkdYIYr4BNRHv:1IYjuNqTZ+3MMBjP

Entry address:
0x22DF0E

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 87, 00, 00, 00, 50, DF, 22, 00, 50, C1, 22, 00, 52, 53, 44, 53, CD, 10, F4, C1, 93, 04, 88, 4D, A8, FA, 80, FA, 1C, A5, 1D, 9F, 01, 00, 00, 00, 5A, 3A, 5C, 42, 32, 5C, 52, 5C, 74, 65, 6D, 70, 50, 63, 61, 42, 75, 69, 6C, 64, 2D, 32, 30, 31, 36, 31, 30, 30, 36, 31, 34, 30, 33, 33, 31, 5C, 53, 6F...
 
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Entropy:
5.9960

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.2 MB (2,277,376 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PCActivator.Autostart

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)

Description:
Starts when user logs on.


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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ocsp.comodoca.com  (178.255.83.1:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-83-46-0.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.83.46.0:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-213-234-16.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.213.234.16:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-84-107-9.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.84.107.9:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-63-239.lhr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.63.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-91.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-63.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.63:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-141.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.141:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-126.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.126:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-74-180.lhr3.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.74.180:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-7-120.ord54.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.7.120:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-169.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.169:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-81-102.mia50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.81.102:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-55.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.55:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-206-130.atl50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.206.130:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-50.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.50:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-19-4.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.19.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-19-107.iad12.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.19.107:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-135-174.syd1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.135.174:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-130-115.ams50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.130.115:80)

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