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PCScanAndSweep.exe

PCScanAndSweep

Ascentive LLC

The application PCScanAndSweep.exe by Ascentive 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.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCScanAndSweep

Version:
7.07.0005

MD5:
049a56ceae8db01b6f1a072f07a9f368

SHA-1:
391c132310db1ff538daf25acb491c1564788c79

SHA-256:
c526751bef004a1c6335924dbb56ed13d6a140ffdae6f54f95a02e9a9e3ae006

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/1/2025 8:55:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.3.11.3

File size:
2.4 MB (2,508,968 bytes)

Product version:
7.07.0005

Original file name:
PCScanAndSweep.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\pc scanandsweep\pcscanandsweep.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/21/2014 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/22/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ascentive LLC, O=Ascentive LLC, STREET=50 S 16TH ST STE 3575, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19102, C=US

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

Serial number:
00DC413CD4E438AF815B91FA5B4C363EDA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/2/2015 5:46:43 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gQIrqaV1nB/4UfJaGO/Ka3bA6SxqI7D3XICEC:TIrFv/Yo61O

Entry address:
0x1404

Entry point:
68, C0, 17, 40, 00, E8, F0, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 48, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 12, 54, 24, DE, B9, 90, DD, 4E, A2, 6E, 0D, 6D, 86, A4, 42, 45, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 43, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 41, 6E, 64, 53, 77, 65, 65, 70, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 3B, CA, 58, 9F, 25, B9, FD, 4C, B8, AE, A6, AC, DB, 65, 8A, 5C, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.0896

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,424,832 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC ScanAndSweep@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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