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PCTechHotline.exe

PCTechHotline

Crawler, LLC

The application PCTechHotline.exe by Crawler has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program PC Tech Hotline by Crawler, LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Crawler, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
PCTechHotline

Version:
3.0.0.4

MD5:
a696d347e734d2ef7dd6909de96a8f96

SHA-1:
23ba9cf0c3291a6e99a7ddc3e80d254bc6e46a19

SHA-256:
1e8be9a2c4727de7ea729b016601e2546e1c80a6ee14d3316a79ad747e8f5db0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:36:29 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Crawler (M)
17.3.14.6

File size:
1.8 MB (1,905,000 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.0

Copyright:
© Crawler, LLC

Original file name:
PCTechHotline.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pctechhotline\pctechhotline.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Crawler, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/27/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/25/1917 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Crawler, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Crawler, LLC", L=Boca Raton, S=Florida, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
48E3A7F6CBA47D0C3FCD17CF81AB3F76

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/11/2014 8:55:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0x115070

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 74, 37, 51, 00, E8, 0C, 20, EF, FF, E8, 3B, E0, FF, FF, E8, 0E, FA, EE, FF, 8B, C0, 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, 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, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1010

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,131,008 bytes)

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

PC Tech Hotline  by Crawler, LLC
Publisher's description - “You may order the Service by submitting a service plan order through the PC Tech Hotline website or by calling PC Tech Hotline.”
www.PCTechHotline.com
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