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PCSpeedScan.exe

PCSpeedScan

Ascentive LLC

The application PCSpeedScan.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. This file is typically installed with the program PC SpeedScan Pro by Ascentive which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Ascentive LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCSpeedScan

Version:
8.00.0004

MD5:
2349937ab66b82227460cb28434238ab

SHA-1:
2ceee791f39f0708b98d8e330ed7e21007ce3e9f

SHA-256:
e1d098af4a72670fccd8c1f3da6dd80ed5539a4e5782be2ef62eb481d5c6da6d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/4/2025 3:38:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
17.1.28.18

File size:
1.9 MB (2,022,464 bytes)

Product version:
8.00.0004

Original file name:
PCSpeedScan.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\ascentive\pc speedscan pro\pcspeedscan.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ascentive LLC

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/27/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2014 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Ascentive LLC, O=Ascentive LLC, STREET=201 Spring Garden St, STREET=Suite 400, L=Philadelphia, S=PA, PostalCode=19123, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
387389B99D075D7F1C97769EC0402BF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2014 3:32:40 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x13F8

Entry point:
68, E4, 16, 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, 28, 22, B3, 12, 71, D8, 4F, 43, 8E, 99, EE, 46, 4F, 4D, 94, 88, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 73, F5, 06, AB, C4, 09, 50, 43, 53, 70, 65, 65, 64, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 00, 00, 91, 47, 72, 00, D0, 3A, DF, 99, 14, 46, 26, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 73, 01, 62, 0D, E8, EF, D3, 4D, B1, 9D, 21, 2A, 56, 0F, 88, BC, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6854

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
1.9 MB (1,945,600 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC SpeedScan Pro_simada-PC@simada


The file PCSpeedScan.exe has been discovered within the following program.

PC SpeedScan Pro  by Ascentive
PC SpeedScan Pro from Ascentive, the group that does the FinallyFastPC informercials, is a PC optimization program.
www.ascentive.com
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