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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 triggered to execute each time a user logs in. 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:
7.07.0004

MD5:
856c3f780989fc247193765327857924

SHA-1:
47e128ff63e6ccd5a2429f3a4e45a7da303b2000

SHA-256:
7dc88ee089e8bfda98acfb29531f7facc731600f55c6232846b5056434824eeb

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/4/2025 3:41:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
17.1.15.6

File size:
1.8 MB (1,868,488 bytes)

Product version:
7.07.0004

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:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/17/2010 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/17/2013 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=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
0B15142D30AF75A1350E58373FD8BF13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/2/2013 7:24:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1404

Entry point:
68, 50, 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, 97, 45, 61, F3, AC, AE, 22, 41, 8C, 9C, AD, 9F, BD, 42, B6, 42, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 6E, 67, 45, 72, 72, 6F, 50, 43, 53, 70, 65, 65, 64, 53, 63, 61, 6E, 00, 20, 20, 20, 20, 00, 0A, 34, 31, 30, 20, 20, 20, 00, 00, 00, 00, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, D3, A4, AE, D2, 2D, 16, 8B, 42, 92, 46, 0C, 1F, A6, 36, 74, 19, 01, 00, 00, 00, A0, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.6473

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
1.7 MB (1,818,624 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PC SpeedScan Pro@Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


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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