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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:
7.07.0006

MD5:
a99f5908e992cda2380484ed06c84be5

SHA-1:
5f5dca4d07a99954620f7f8aff920be487520294

SHA-256:
c2f3a48dd48aed4f697ff470809b0136b2e7bc555b59510d5518adb2a8ea0202

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/1/2025 9:04:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
16.12.27.18

File size:
2.4 MB (2,513,064 bytes)

Product version:
7.07.0006

Original file name:
PCScanAndSweep.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/20/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 6:59:59 PM

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:
1/19/2015 9:31:51 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1404

Entry point:
68, 18, 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, 76, 6D, 8F, 3C, 89, E4, C5, 4E, B3, 7D, 71, 6A, F5, B6, 9F, 24, 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, 48, 4A, 3B, 65, E4, 5C, 91, 47, B0, 19, 96, B1, 95, 3F, 92, 03, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.1002

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,428,928 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC ScanAndSweep@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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