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pcw_5000.exe

ADV Publishing

The application pcw_5000.exe by ADV Publishing 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 daily at a specified time. The file has been seen being downloaded from prod.productsystem.s3.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
ADV Publishing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
306e8deed0b4bffd3ae63f31875feda9

SHA-1:
746a7e002d06c03fe1720c48ab0c40c23eab8932

SHA-256:
7cf9fcd6becbe7b8222fdd37b0f92f0559adb4424e0067ed8fde2e8e54cc8d01

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:39:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ADVPublishing (M)
15.12.18.6

File size:
260.8 KB (267,040 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pcwdownloader\pcw\pcw_5000.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ADV Publishing

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
7/13/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2017 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=ADV Publishing, O=ADV Publishing, L=West Hollywood, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0D3EE7D0C318767DCA11A80A3452B8C4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/21/2015 10:40:58 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:nhJYqWGs7p4eV57spQ+ReWAObiSif4kLBl5+FJjkuHRYm5IHjOuZNo1Dc:nhDWG4p4erYm+rElkA+Abo+

Entry address:
0x136FB

Entry point:
E8, B5, 81, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, E9, 3C, 07, 00, 00, 3B, 0D, 50, C7, 43, 00, 75, 02, F3, C3, E9, 86, 19, 00, 00, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 14, 56, 85, C0, 74, 3C, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 75, 13, E8, 9B, 57, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 58, 86, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 25, 83, 7D, 10, 00, 74, E7, 39, 45, 0C, 73, 09, E8, 7D, 57, 00, 00, 6A, 22, EB, E0, 50, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 08, E8, 23, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 33, C0, 5E, 5D, C3, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 0C, 6A, 00, FF, 75, 08, 68, 1B, BF, 41, 00, E8, 71, 47, 00, 00, 83...
 
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Entropy:
6.4575

Code size:
181.5 KB (185,856 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
PCW_5000

Path:
\PCW\PCWRunner\PCW_5000

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 9:27 PM)


The file pcw_5000.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://prod.productsystem.s3.amazonaws.com/FormRunner_prod.exe

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